BMC204

Database Management Systems

L-T-P3-0-0 Credits3 Session2024-25 TypeTheory
Appears in 1 semester

MCA · Sem 2 (Core)

Syllabus

5 units · 40 lecture hours
Unit1

Unit 1: Introduction

8 hrs

Overview, Database System vs File System, Database System Concept and Architecture, Data Model Schema and Instances, Data Independence and Database Language and Interfaces, Data Definitions Language, DML, Overall Database Structure. Data Modeling Using the Entity Relationship Model: ER Model Concepts, Notation for ER Diagram, Mapping Constraints, Keys, Concepts of Super Key, Candidate Key, Primary Key, Generalization, Aggregation, Reduction of an ER Diagrams to Tables, Extended ER Model, Relationship of Higher Degree.

Unit2

Unit 2: Relational data Model and Language

8 hrs

Relational Data Model Concepts, Integrity Constraints, Entity Integrity, Referential Integrity, Keys Constraints, Domain Constraints, Relational Algebra, Relational Calculus, Tuple and Domain Calculus. Introduction to SQL: Characteristics of SQL, Advantage of SQL. SQL Data Type and Literals. Types of SQL Commands. SQL Operators and their Procedure. Tables, Views and Indexes. Queries and Sub Queries. Aggregate Functions. Insert, Update and Delete Operations, Joins, Unions, Intersection, Minus, Cursors, Triggers, Procedures in SQL/PL SQL

Unit3

Unit 3: Data Base Design & Normalization

8 hrs

Functional dependencies, normal forms, first, second, third normal forms, BCNF, inclusion dependence, loss less join decompositions, normalization using FD, MVD, and JDs, alternative approaches to database design

Unit4

Unit 4: Transaction Processing Concept

8 hrs

Transaction System, Testing of Serializability, Serializability of Schedules, Conflict & View Serializable Schedule, Recoverability, Recovery from Transaction Failures, Log Based Recovery, Checkpoints, Deadlock Handling. Distributed Database: Distributed Data Storage, Concurrency Control, Directory System

Unit5

Unit 5: Concurrency Control Techniques

8 hrs

Concurrency Control, Locking Techniques for Concurrency Control, Time Stamping Protocols for Concurrency Control, Validation Based Protocol, Multiple Granularity, Multi Version Schemes, Recovery with Concurrent Transaction, Case Study of Oracle.

Course Outcomes (COs)5 outcomes

After completion of the course student will be able to:

  1. CO1Describe the features of a database system and its application and compare various types of data models.K2
  2. CO2Construct an ER Model for a given problem and transform it into a relation database schema.K5, K6
  3. CO3Formulate solution to a query problem using SQL Commands, relational algebra, tuple calculus and domain calculus.K5, K6
  4. CO4Explain the need of normalization and normalize a given relation to the desired normal form.K2, K3
  5. CO5Explain different approaches of transaction processing and concurrency control.K2

Suggested Readings

  1. Silbertschatz A., Korth H. and Sudarshan S., “Database Concepts”, McGraw Hill.
  2. Date C. J., “An Introduction to Database Systems”, Addision Wesley.
  3. Elmasri R. and Navathe S., “Fundamentals of Database Systems”, Pearson Education.
  4. O’Neil P., "Databases", Elsevier Publications.
  5. Ramakrishnan R. Gehrke J., "Database Management Systems", McGraw Hill.
  6. Leon A. and Leon M., “Database Management Systems”, Vikas Publishing House.
  7. Desai B.C., “An Introduction to Database Systems”, Galgotia Publications.
  8. Majumdar A. K. and Bhattacharya P., “Database Management System”, Tata McGraw Hill.

Official AKTU syllabus

This subject is on page 24, 25 of the original AKTU PDF.

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