Professional Documents
Culture Documents
attributes
(or columns)
tuples
(or rows)
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Attribute Types
The set of allowed values for each attribute is called the domain of the
attribute
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Relation Schema and Instance
A1, A2, …, An are attributes
Example:
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Relations are Unordered
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Database
A database consists of multiple relations
instructor
student
advisor
Bad design:
univ (instructor -ID, name, dept_name, salary, student_Id, ..)
results in
the need for null values (e.g., represent an student with no advisor)
Normalization theory (Chapter 7) deals with how to design “good” relational schemas
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Keys
Let K R
which one?
Referencing relation
Referenced relation
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Schema Diagram for University Database
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Relational Query Languages
Procedural vs.non-procedural, or declarative
“Pure” languages:
Relational algebra
Relational operators
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Selection of tuples
nRelation r
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Selection of Columns (Attributes)
Relation r:
n Select A and C
l Projection
l Π A, C (r)
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Joining two relations – Cartesian Product
n Relations r, s:
n r x s:
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Union of two relations
Relations r, s:
n r s:
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Set difference of two relations
Relations r, s:
n r – s:
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Set Intersection of two relations
Relation r, s:
rs
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Joining two relations – Natural Join
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Natural Join Example
Relations r, s:
n Natural Join
l rs
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Figure in-2.1
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End of Chapter 2
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Figure 2.02
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Figure 2.03
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Figure 2.04
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Figure 2.05
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Figure 2.06
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Figure 2.07
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Figure 2.10
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Figure 2.11
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Figure 2.12
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Figure 2.13
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