PA152 Efficient Use of Database Systems

Faculty of Informatics
Spring 2019
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 2 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. RNDr. Vlastislav Dohnal, Ph.D. (lecturer)
RNDr. Matej Antol, Ph.D. (assistant)
RNDr. Petra Budíková, Ph.D. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
doc. RNDr. Eva Hladká, Ph.D.
Department of Computer Systems and Communications – Faculty of Informatics
Supplier department: Department of Computer Systems and Communications – Faculty of Informatics
Timetable
Thu 21. 2. to Thu 9. 5. Thu 8:00–9:50 D3
Prerequisites
Knowledge of problems in the extent of PB154 Database Systems (or PB168) and PV062 File Organization courses.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
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Course objectives
The aim of the course is to become familiar with the capabilities of database systems and their efficient use.
Learning outcomes
Student will be able to:
- understand the principles of relational database systems;
- analyze performance of query processing;
- optimize processed queries both by rewriting them and by creating indexes and applying other techniques;
- Explain principles of logging and recovery from failure;
- Design basic replication strategies to achieve high availability;
- Design a disk storage for the database system.
Syllabus
  • Introduction
  • Data storage: efficient use of secondary storage, records, blocks. Searching: index structures, sequential files, trees, hashing, multidimensional indexes.
  • Query execution: evaluation plan, algebraic laws, cost estimation, algorithms for operators, sorting and joining relations, query execution and pipelining.
  • Query optimization: contribution of indexes, referential integrity, materialized views, table partitioning, disk storage.
  • Database optimization: relational schema tuning, index optimization, database monitoring tools.
  • Transaction management: properties and their implementation, concurrency control, scheduling, data and index locking, logging and recovery from failures.
  • Database security: access rights, data security.
  • Spatial databases: indexes, operators.
  • Analytical tools.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • SILBERSCHATZ, Abraham, Henry F. KORTH and S. SUDARSHAN. Database system concepts. 5th ed. Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2006, xxvi, 1142. ISBN 0072958863. info
  • GARCIA-MOLINA, Hector, Jeffrey D. ULLMAN and Jennifer WIDOM. Database system implementation. Upper Saddle River: Prentice Hall, 2000, xv, 653 s. ISBN 0-13-040264-8. info
Teaching methods
Lectures and three home assignments.
Assessment methods
Completing home assignments, written exam. The evaluation includes both the score obtained from homeworks and the written exam. Written exam includes both test questions (choice of options) and free-hand answers.
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
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