DataBase and Data Mining Group

Table of content

• Announcements
• Exams
• Weekly timetable
• Materials
• Exercises
• Written tests
• Demo Exercises Solution
• Practices
• Homeworks

General information

• ECTS: 8
• Professor: Tania Cerquitelli
• Assistant lecturer: Jacopo Fior

Announcements

Weekly timetable

Materials

• Introduction to the course (pdf)
• Introduction to the databases  (2 slides per page, 6 slides per page)
• Relational data model (2 slides per page, 6 slides per page)
• Relational algebra (2 slides per page, 6 slides per page)

• SQL language:

  • Basics (2 slides per page,6 slides per page)

  • The SELECT statement: basics (2 slides per page,6 slides per page)
  • Nested queries (2 slides per page,6 slides per page)
  • Set operators (2 slides per page, 6 slides per page)
  • Update commands (2 slides per page, 6 slides per page)
  • Managing tables (2 slides per page,6 slides per page)
• SQL language: other definitions
  • Management of views (2 slides per page,6 slides per page)
  • Transactions (2 slides per page,6 slides per page)
  • SQL for applications (2 slides per page, 6 slides per page)
  • Access control (2 slides per page, 6 slides per page)
  • Index management (2 slides per page,6 slides per page)
• Database design
  • Design techniques and models (1 slide per page)
  • Conceptual design (1 slide per page)
    • Time representation (1 slide per page)
  • Logical design (1 slide per page)
  • Normalization (1 slide per page)
• Web programming
  • Client-server architectures (1 slide per page)
  • The HTML language (1 slide per page)
  • The PHP language (1 slide per page, lecture_examples)
  • SQL for PHP (1 slide per page)
  • Cascading Style Sheet (1 slide per page)
  • PHP practice (Artworks_text, Artwork_project)
• Triggers
  • Part I (1 slide per page)
  • Part II (1 slides per page)

Exercises

• Relational algebra and SQL I: Exercises [Solutions: Algebra ] [SQL-solutions-Part I,SQL-solutions-Part II]
• SQL no.2: Exercises (Lecture’s notes)
• Relational algebra exercises (Lecture’s notes)
• SQL no.3: Exercises
• SQL no. 4: Exercises

Practices

The laboratory practices will begin on Tuesday, March 30.

Only for the first week, the Lab Practice for TEAM B will happen on Tuesday, March 30 from 16:00 to 17:30. There isn’t any change to the schedule for TEAM A.

• Installation guides, to work on the lab practices you can use oracle directly on your PC or online through Oracle APEX. Follow one of the two guides below:
  • Installing Oracle Database and Oracle sql Developer on PC
  • Using Oracle APEX online
• Practice #1 (SQL queries on an Oracle database) 
  • Text and solutions
  • DB creation script
• Practice #2 (SQL queries on an Oracle database)
  • Text and solutions
• Practice #3 (Database design and SQL queries on an Oracle/MySQL database)
  • Text and solutions

Homeworks

Rules

To obtain the points associated with the home assignments, students must observe the following terms:

• Complete all the points of the exercises in the homework text.
• Prepare a file in PDF, DOC or ODT format with the solution of the homework.
• Name the file as HomeworkN_Surname_Name_StudentId.XXX, where
  • StudentId, Surname and Name should be replaced with student information
  • the N character following Homework should be replaced with the number of the submitted homework (e.g., ‘1’ for homework no. 1)
  • the filename extension XXX depends on the file type chosen for the submission (PDF, DOC or ODT).
  • the DOCX format is not supported.
  • Since uploaded files are automatically processed, naming the file with a wrong name implies the cancellation of the related homework submission.
• Load the file on the didactic portal (Portale della didattica) in the section Work Submission (Elaborati) before the deadline.
  • Multiple loadings for the same student and/or for the same homework are not allowed.
  • The upload date shown on the didactic portal is considered for the evaluation.
  • Since uploaded files are automatically processed, the upload after the deadline implies the cancellation of the related homework submission.
• During the upload procedure a description (“Descrizione”) field is required. Insert the same name given to the uploaded file (according to the rules described above).
• Only for students with no access to the course page on the didactic portal, the homework may be submitted before the deadline by sending an email to the assistant lecturer.
• Discuss the homework with a positive evaluation on the fixed date (announcement will be published).

Homework texts

• [Homework #1] — to be delivered by April 12th, 2021 (UTC/GMT+1)
• [Homework #2] — to be delivered by May 3rd, 2021 (UTC/GMT+1)