CS 487 Database Systems

Quick Facts

Times: Monday and Wednesday: 17:00 - 19:00
Location: Technology Hall N308
Instructor: Delbert R. Hart
Office: Technology Hall N345
email: dhart@cs.uah.edu
Phone: (256) 824-5160 (email preferred)

Required Textbook:
Title Fundamentals of Database Systems, fourth edition
Author Ramez A. Elmasri and Shamkant B. Navathe
Publisher Addison-Wesley Publishing
ISBN 0-321-12226-7

Optional Textbook:
Title Practical PostgreSQL
Author John C. Worsley and Joshua D. Drake
Publisher O'Reilly
ISBN 1-56592-846-6

Midterm Exam: Wednesday June 29, 17:00 - 19:00
Final Exam: Wednesday August 3, 18:30 - 21:00

Documents

Class Syllabus pdf

Links

PostgreSQL homepage
newsgroup
skyhawk database
class wiki
example project

Old Tests

Here are the tests from the last section of the class that I taught.
Test 1
Test 2
Test 3
Test 4
Test 5

Study Questions

Periodically study questions will be posted on the newsgroup. Unless otherwise noted the problem and chapter number are from the fourth edition.
dhart@cs.uah.edu