CS1555/1565: Database Systems

Textbook: Fundamentals of Database Systems, Elmasri and Navathe, Benjamin Cummings, most recent edition (EN).

Oracle CD: You can obtain a copy of Personal Oracle8 from the CIS Software Licensing Services in Room 203, 2nd floor, of Bellfield Hall, University of Pittsburgh across the street from Hines Chapel. You will need to take a Pitt ID, your local address, and your local phone number. It will cost you $5 or $5.35 with tax. The book store does not carry a student version of the software.

Recommended References: (1) C. J. Date, An Introduction to Database Systems, Sixth Edition, Addison-Wesley, 1995 (CJD).

(2) Learning SQL, Wellesley Software, Prentice-Hall, 1991 (ISBN 0-13-528704-9). (SQL will be covered in class, so this book is really optional)

(3) Oracle Programming - A Primer, Rajshekhar Sunderraman, Addison-Wesley, 1998 (RS).

Classnotes: Classnotes will be available online.