Subject: Databases (2)	Code: MI007	

Semester	 Hours: C+S+L	Type	 Section	
6	2+1+2	compulsory	Computer Science	
6	2+0+2	optional	Mathematics-Computer Science	

Teaching Staff in Charge	Prof. ŢÂMBULEA Leon, Ph.D., leon@cs.ubbcluj.ro
Assoc.Prof. VARGA Viorica, Ph.D., ivarga@cs.ubbcluj.ro
Lect. SUCIU Dan Mircea, Ph.D., tzutzu@cs.ubbcluj.ro
Lect. TRÎMBITAS Gabriela, Ph.D., gabitr@cs.ubbcluj.ro
Asist. SABAU Andreea, deiush@cs.ubbcluj.ro
Asist. COSTA Ciprian, costa@cs.ubbcluj.ro	
Aims	1. To get acquainted with the problems regarding the distributed data bases, the concurrent access to the data bases, the client-server technology.
2. To get acquainted with the file storing methods.
2. Database gestion in Delphi	
Content	1. Concurrency control. Transactions.
2. File structure. Physical schema for database. File organizations. Sequential access. ISAM file structures. 2,3-trees. B-trees. Hashing. Multiple attribute search keys. 
3. Query optimization. Implementing relational operators.
4. Database in Delphi.
5. Semistructured data and XML	
Selective References	1. DATE, C.J., An Introduction to Data Base Systems. Addison Wesley, Reading, MA, 1995.
2. DOLLINGER, R., Baze de date si gestiunea tranzactiilor. Editura Albastra, Cluj-Napoca, 1997.
3. HELMAN, P., The Science of Database Management. Richard D. IRWIN, Inc., 1994.
4. KNUTH, D.E., Tratat de programare a calculatoarelor. Algoritmi fundamentali. Ed.Tehnica, Bucuresti 1974.
5. Knuth, D.E., Tratat de programare a calculatoarelor. Sortare si cautare. Ed.Tehnica, Bucuresti 1976.
6. PHILIPS, L.A., XML, Editura Teora, Bucuresti 2000.
7. RAMAKRISHNAN, R., Database Manegement Systems. McGraw-Hill, 1998.
8. TAMBULEA, L. Baze de date, Litografiat Cluj-Napoca 2003	
Assessment	The laboratory work and a practical exam will represent 50% of the final grade. There will be a final written exam  representing 50% of the final grade