The SQL examples we develop in class and in project work for the course will be done in industry-standard SQL (Structured Query Language) which is an ISO/ANSI standard and which runs on all major commercial and open-source database management systems (DMBSs).
A well-documented open-source PostgreSQL relational DBMS running standard SQL on a Linux server will be available throughout the semester for hands-on course work. An SQL interface into this database management system will be accessible by all students in the course from any web browser.
I'll also be providing each project group
with some server space managed by an
electronic notebook
that will allow members of the group
to post, share, and revise their drafts on various parts of the
design and implementation.
B. Whitehead
Univ. of Tennessee Space Institute
2007-07-31