File organisation and database systems
J Daly
6 points * 4 hours per week * First/Second semester * Caulfield * Prerequisites: COT7700 and SYS7510
Data organisation and storage: serial and sequential files (sorting, merging, updating, blocking). Randomly addressable secondary storage: suitable media, disc addressing, disc directories. Random files: key transforms, relative files, allocation of file space, overflow techniques. Indexed files: indexed random files, indexed sequential files, access methods, index trees. Logical data organisation: trees networks, lists, rings. Database: the database concept, database models, relational data model. Using SQL: data definition commands, retrieval commands, security commands, data dictionary commands, embedded commands.
Assessment
Examination (2 hours): 50% * Practical work: 50%
Prescribed texts
McFadden F R and Hoffer J A Modern database management 4th edn, Benjamin-Cummings, 1994