| Summary: |
In this week, we will cover the following topics:
Relational Database Management Systems (RDMS)
What they are.
What they are for.
How RDMS can often refer to different aspects regarding database design, database software, and database querying etc.
Examples of RDMS, including the software environment we use on this course.
Querying: brief look at some MySQL queries.
… and will result in the following learning outcomes
A knowledge of RDMS and the different ways in which they can be used.
An appreciation of how the term RDMS can be used in different contexts.
Knowledge that there are many different kinds (commercial, free) of RDMS available.
An understanding of the development environment used on this course, and a map of where databases are typically installed in terms of:
real-world set-up and
developer set-up
Knowledge of how MySQL queries are ‘part of’ the RDMS. |
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