Database I, année 2023

plan

1. What is a datum: collective participation to the definition, some historical notes

2. How to organize data

   • Graph data
   • Hierarchical data
   • Tabular data

3. Meet the relational model

   • Formal definition of a relation: n-tuple, arity, sorts, set, bags
   • Named relations with name fields
   • Relational algebra: Set operations, Project, Selection, Aliasing
   • JOINS

4. The full algebra: nesting operations

   • JOIN are associative

5. A simple example: books and authors

6. Incertainty and missing values: the three valued logic

   • Outer joins
   • Outer joins are NOT associative

7. Translating from Relational Algebra to SQL and back

   • Playing with the SQL Syntax
   • Translation with relational algebra

Compiled the: mar. 17 déc. 2024 14:03:06 CET