Overview
This course is an introductory application-oriented course covers the relational database systems RDBMS - the predominant system for business, scientific and engineering applications at present. The topics are reinforced using tools such as Oracle Server in labs. The course includes Entity-Relation model, Normalization, Relational model, Relational algebra, and data access queries as well as an introduction to SQL. It also introduces the PL/SQL programming language to the participants by giving practical knowledge in PL/SQL programming, utilizing the services provided by Oracle database in a stored procedure perspective. This includes implementation of Subprograms, Triggers, and Cursors concepts in depth.