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Database Systems

Content

The lecture is to introduce the structure and the architecture of database systems that use modularization and layers with abstraction. The emphasis therefore is on technological aspects of database systems.

The storage of data on non-volatile storage serves as a starting point for a sequence of abstractions which are defined on top of each other. The first abstraction is the file. Then records are introduced and organized in blocks in different ways (sequentially, with direct access, index-sequentially). As a second major abstraction, data models are introduced, especially the relational data model. That includes structures as well as query languages like SQL.

The secondd part deals with the implementation of the services a database systems offers, using the previously discussed records and access paths ("top down"). This includes query processing and optimization, but also mechanisms to log actions and to recover data after failures. A layered architecture for database management systems finally comprises all the tasks. The goal of the lecture thus is to create a fundamental understanding of the structure and functionality of a particular software system, namely a database system.

Literature

Heue03a HEUER, Andreas ; SAAKE, Gunter ; SATTLER, Kai-Uwe: Datenbanken kompakt. 2. Aufl. Bonn : mitp, 2003. - ISBN 3-8266-0987-5
Kemp09a KEMPER, Alfons ; EICKLER, André: Datenbanksysteme : Eine Einführung. 7., aktual. u. erw. Aufl. München ; Wien : Oldenbourg, 2009. - ISBN 978-3-486-57690-9
Kemp06b KEMPER, Alfons ; WIMMER, Martin: Übungsbuch Datenbanksysteme. München ; Wien : Oldenbourg, 2006. - ISBN 3-486-59018-0
Heue07a HEUER, Andreas ; SAAKE, Gunter: Datenbanken : Konzepte und Sprachen. 3., aktual. u. erw. Aufl. Bonn : mitp, 2007. - ISBN 3-8266-1664-2
Haer99a HÄRDER, Theo ; RAHM, Erhard: Datenbanksysteme : Konzepte und Techniken der Implementierung. Berlin : Springer, 1999 - ISBN 3-540-65040-7
This book and the associated lecture have been the prime source for SoS2. Thanks to Prof. Härder for the extensive suppport!
Saak05a SAAKE, Gunter ; HEUER, Andreas: Datenbanken : Implementierungstechniken. 2., aktual. u. erw. Aufl. Bonn : mitp, 2005. - ISBN 3-8266-1438-0

Target audience

Students of
  • Computer Science (Bachelor),
  • Business Computing,
  • Computational Engineering (Bachelor),
  • Computational Linguistics,
  • and other curriculae

Further information

  • Time: winter semester (WS)
  • Language: German
  • Hours per week (SWS): 2+2
  • Credit points (ECTS): 5
  • Examination: written
  • Contact: Prof. Dr. Klaus Meyer-Wegener

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