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DBMS syllabus

The document outlines the syllabus for the course DSC 303: Relational Database Management System, which includes topics such as database concepts, integrity, normalization, SQL, transactions, concurrency management, and distributed databases. The course aims to provide students with the foundational knowledge needed to design and develop database systems and write SQL queries. Additionally, it lists suggested readings for further study in the field of database management.

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DBMS syllabus

The document outlines the syllabus for the course DSC 303: Relational Database Management System, which includes topics such as database concepts, integrity, normalization, SQL, transactions, concurrency management, and distributed databases. The course aims to provide students with the foundational knowledge needed to design and develop database systems and write SQL queries. Additionally, it lists suggested readings for further study in the field of database management.

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Faculty of Commerce Common syllabus

Paper DSC 303: RELATIONAL DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

Hours Per Week: 7 (3T+4P) Credits: 5


Exam Hours: 1 ½ Marks: 50U+35P+15I
Objective: to acquire basic conceptual background necessary to design and develop simple database
system, Relational database mode, ER model and distributed databases, and to write good queries using
a standard query language called SQL.
UNIT-I: BASIC CONCEPTS: Database Management System - File based system - Advantages of
DBMS over file based system - Database Approach - Logical DBMS Architecture - Three level
architecture of DBMS or logical DBMS architecture - Need for three level architecture - Physical DBMS
Architecture - Database Administrator (DBA) Functions & Role - Data files indices and Data Dictionary
- Types of Database. Relational and ER Models: Data Models - Relational Model – Domains - Tuple and
Relation - Super keys - Candidate keys - Primary keys and foreign key for the Relations - Relational
Constraints - Domain Constraint - Key Constraint - Integrity Constraint - Update Operations and Dealing
with Constraint Violations - Relational Operations - Entity Relationship (ER) Model – Entities –
Attributes – Relationships - More about Entities and Relationships - Defining Relationship for College
Database - E-R Diagram - Conversion of E-R Diagram to Relational Database.
UNIT-II: DATABASE INTEGRITY AND NORMALISATION: Relational Database Integrity – The
Keys - Referential Integrity - Entity Integrity - Redundancy and Associated Problems – Single Valued
Dependencies – Normalisation - Rules of Data Normalisation - The First Normal Form -The Second
Normal Form - The Third Normal Form - Boyce Codd Normal Form - Attribute Preservation - Lossless-
join Decomposition - Dependency Preservation. File Organisation : Physical Database Design Issues -
Storage of Database on Hard Disks - File Organisation and Its Types - Heap files (Unordered files) -
Sequential File Organisation - Indexed (Indexed Sequential) File Organisation - Hashed File Organisation
- Types of Indexes - Index and Tree Structure - Multi-key File Organisation - Need for Multiple Access
Paths - Multi-list File Organisation - Inverted File Organisation.
UNIT-III: STRUCTURES QUERY LANGUAGE (SQL): Meaning–SQL commands - DataDefinition
Language - Data Manipulation Language - Data Control Language - Transaction Control Language -
Queries using Order by – Where - Group by - Nested Queries. Joins – Views – Sequences - Indexes and
Synonyms - Table Handling.
UNIT-IV: TRANSACTIONS AND CONCURRENCY MANAGEMENT: Transactions – Concurrent
Transactions - Locking Protocol - Serialisable Schedules - Locks Two Phase Locking (2PL) - Deadlock
and its Prevention - Optimistic Concurrency Control. Database Recovery and Security: Database
Recovery meaning - Kinds of failures - Failure controlling methods - Database errors - Backup &
Recovery Techniques - Security & Integrity - Database Security - Authorization.
UNIT-V: DISTRIBUTED AND CLIENT SERVER DATABASES: Need for Distributed Database
Systems - Structure of Distributed Database - Advantages and Disadvantages of DDBMS - Advantages of
Data Distribution - Disadvantages of Data Distribution - Data Replication - Data Fragmentation. Client
Server Databases: Emergence of Client Server Architecture - Need for Client Server Computing -
Structure of Client Server Systems & its advantages.
ADVANCED TOPICS: Overview: Parallel Database - Multimedia Database - Mobile Database - Web
Database - Multidimensional Database. Data Warehouse - OLTP Vs OLAP - NoSQL Database.
LAB: SQL QUERIES BASED ON VARIOUS COMMANDS.
SUGGESTED READINGS: 1)Database Systems: R.Elmasri& S.B. Navathe, Pearson.;
2) Introduction to Database Management System: ISRD Group, McGraw Hill.; 3) Database Management System:
R.Ramakrishnan & J.Gehrke, McGraw Hill.; 4) Modern Database Management: J.A.Hoffer,V.Rames&H.Topi,
Pearson.; 5) Database System Concepts: Silberschatz, Korth & Sudarshan, McGraw Hill. 6)
Simplified Approach to DBMS: Parteek Bhaia Kalyani Publishers. 7) Database Management System:
Nirupma Pathak, Himalaya. 8) Database Management Systems: Pannerselvam, PHI. 9) Relational
DatabaseManagement System: Srivastava&Srivastava, New Age 10) PHPMySQL Spoken Tutorials by IIT
Bombay. 11) OracleDatabase: A Beginner’s Guide: I.Abramson, McGraw Hill.

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