Course detail

Database Systems (in English)

FIT-IDSeAcad. year: 2024/2025

Fundamentals of database systems (DBS). Conceptual modeling. The relational model. Relational database design from a conceptual model. Normalization-based design of a relational database. SQL language. Transaction processing. DBS architectures: client/server, multi-tier architectures, distributed DBS. Introduction to database administration: data security and integrity, introduction to physical database design, performance optimization, database recovery, concurrency control. Trends in database technology. Development of a database application in modern development and database environment.

Language of instruction

English

Number of ECTS credits

5

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

RNDr. Marek Rychlý, Ph.D.

Department

Department of Information Systems (UIFS)

Offered to foreign students

Of all faculties

Entry knowledge

The sets, relations and mappings. The elementary notions of the graph theory. Basics of hashing and tree-based search. Basic steps of software development. Rudiments of programming and data modeling.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

  • Data and use case models - 5 points
  • Building of the database in SQL - 9 points 
  • Querying in SQL - 10 points
  • Advanced database objects and documentation - 10 points
  • Midterm written exam - 15 points
  • Final written examination - 51 points
  • To be allowed to sit for written examination student is  to present and defend project oucomes in due dates, and to earn at least 24 points during semester.

Mid-term exam passing, realization and presentation/defence of projects in due dates.

Aims

Mastering fundamentals of relational database theory and skill in using database technology at a level required for database design, development of database applications and database administration.
Student is able to develop conceptual models of an application domain for database applications. He/she can develop database applications for relational databases, knows the standard database language for relational databases SQL, and has experience with some integrated development environment for database applications.  and have knowledge of relational database management system fundamentals. He/she receives basic competencies for database administrator's work like user account creation, access rights assignment and performance tuning. Student acquaints with fundamentals of some important functions of advanced database system like transactional processing, concurrency and recovery. Student acquaints with basic English terminology in the subject.
Student will learn how to analyze a given problem in a small team and he/she will learn to design and implement solution of the problem individually. He/she learns to present and defend  both partial and final results of the project.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Basic literature

Silberschatz, A., Korth H.F, Sudarshan, S.: Database System Concepts. Sixth Edition. McGraw-Hill. 2010, 1320 p. (EN)

Recommended reading

Ramakrishnan R.: Database Management Systems. Third edition. McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math, 2000, 1104 p. (EN)
Date C.J.: An Introduction to Database Systems. Seventh edition. Addison-Wesley, 2000, 838 p. (EN)
Oracle Database Documentation [online]. Redwood Shores, CA, USA: Oracle Corporation, 2021 [cit. 2021-12-23]. Available at: https://docs.oracle.com/en/database/oracle/oracle-database/ (EN)
Lemahieu, W., Broucke, S., Baesens, B.: Principles of Database Management. Cambridge University Press. 2018, 780 p. (EN)
Zendulka, J., Rudolfová, I.: Databázové systémy. IDS. Studijní opora. FIT VUT v Brně. 2006, 217 s. (CS)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme IT-BC-1H Bachelor's

    specialization BCH , 0 year of study, summer semester, recommended course

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

39 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

RNDr. Marek Rychlý, Ph.D.

Syllabus

    1. Fundamental concepts of database systems.
    2. Conceptual modeling.
    3. Fundamentals of the relational model.
    4. Transformation of a conceptual model to a relational database schema.
    5. The SQL - data definition.
    6. The SQL - SELECT statement (fundamentals).
    7. The SQL - SELECT statement (extension).
    8. The SQL - other statements for data manipulation. System catalogue.
    9. The SQL - views, missing information, embedded SQL, cursor, dynamic SQL. Query by example (QBE).
    10. The client/server architecture. Database triggers and stored procedures. Data integrity, data security.
    11. Data organization at the internal level - indexing and hashing. Query processing and optimization.
    12. Transaction processing - properties and states of  a database transaction.
    13. Introduction to failure recovery and concurrency control.

Project

13 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

RNDr. Marek Rychlý, Ph.D.

Syllabus

    1. Presentation of a conceptual model (ERD or a class diagram) and a use case model for a given problem (continuation of the project started in the subject Introduction to software engineering).
    2. An SQL script that creates and populates database tables.
    3. An SQL script with queries over the database tables.
    4. An SQL script with statements for advanced database objects and project documentation.