Module code: ECS519U
Credits: 15
Semester: SEM2
This module is an introduction to databases and their language systems in theory and practice.
Topics covered include:
• The principles and components of database management systems.
• The main modelling techniques used in the construction of database systems.
• Implementation of databases using an object-relational database management system.
• SQL, the main relational database language.
• Object-Oriented database systems.
• Future trends, in particular information retrieval and data warehouses.
Level: 5
