1. SylabUZ
2. Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences
3. winter term 2019/2020
4. computer science and econometrics - First-cycle studies leading to Bachelor's degree
5. Databases 2

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Databases 2 - course description

Aim of the course

To acquaint the student with the ORACLE database and the PL/SQL language so that the student can design and create a dynamic website which is using the database.

Prerequisites

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Programming skills. Knowledge of the basics of relational databases, SQL and HTML.

Scope

Lecture

1. SQL in an Oracle database.
2. Built-in functions, tree structures.
3. PL/SQL:
   1. program structure, variables, types, expressions and operators, control statements,
   2. use of records and tables,
   3. using SQL from the PL/SQL level,
   4. SQL functions available in PL/SQL,
   5. creating and using cursors,
   6. blocks in PL SQL: subroutines (procedures and functions), packages and triggers,
   7. error handling in PL/SQL,
   8. dynamic PL/SQL.
4. PHP:
   1. operations on texts and numbers,
   2. creating interactive forms,
   3. using of databases,
   4. session mechanisms, cookies,
   5. classes and objects,
   6. file operations.
5. Object-oriented databases based on XML:
   1. XML document structure,
   2. DTD and XML-Schema,
   3. XSLT.

Laboratory

1. SQL in an Oracle database.
2. Tree structures.
3. PL/SQL, creating your own built-in functions, procedures, triggers and packages.
4. Views describing the database structure.
5. Generating data in XML format and presenting them using XSL.

Teaching methods

Lecture: seminar lecture.

Laboratory: laboratory exercises in the computer lab.

Learning outcomes and methods of theirs verification

Outcome description	Outcome symbols	Methods of verification	The class form

Assignment conditions

Lecture: exam consisting of two parts: written and oral, the condition for the oral part is to obtain at least 30% of points in the written part, obtaining 50% of points in the written part guarantees a positive mark, without the need to take the oral part. The condition for taking the exam is obtaining a positive grade from the laboratory.

Laboratory: to get the positive grade one needs to obtain more than 50% of the points from the test covering the entire processed material (which constitutes 80% of the mark). The student receives additional points for active participation in classes (20% of the grade).

The final grade for the course is the arithmetic mean of grades from the lecture and laboratory. The condition for obtaining a positive final grade is obtaining positive grades from the lecture and the laboratory.

Recommended reading

1. E. Balanescu, C. Darie, Beginning PHP and MySQL E-Commerce, 2nd Edition, Apress, 2008.
2. J. Clark, XSL Transformations (XSLT), http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt7.
3. L. Quin, Extensible Markup Language (XML), http://www.w3.org/XML.
4. T. Converse, J. Park, C. Morgan, PHP5 and MySQL Bible, Wiley, 2004.
5. S. Urman, R. Hardman, M. McLaughlin, Oracle Database 10g PL/SQL Programming, Oracle Press, 2004.

Further reading

1. E. Naramore, J. Gerner, Y. Le Scouarnec, J. Stolz, M.K. Glass, Beginning PHP5, Apache, and MySQL Web Development, Wiley, 2005.
2. W. Kim, Introduction to Object-Oriented Databases,  M.I.T. Press, 2008.
3. D. Maier, The theory of relational databases, Computer Science Press, 1983.

Notes

Modified by dr Alina Szelecka (last modification: 21-11-2020 06:10)