Introduction to database management systems

Introduction to DBMS, EF Codd's 12 rules for database design, languages to interact with a database, database query languages, facts about relational models

Database Management Systems - An Introduction

• Define database

• Define DBMS

• Disadvantages of file processing systems

• Edgar F Codds twelve rules for relational databases

• Some facts about relational databases

• Characteristics of database

• Three levels of Database

• Data abstraction

• Database users

• Database Administrator and the responsibilities

• Database Languages (DDL, DML and TCL)

• Other database query languages (SQL, OQL, SPARQL, etc)

• Database architecture components

Exercises/Quizzes/Question and Answers

• Three levels in database system - Quiz 

• Two mark questions

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