Course detail

Database Systems

FIT-IDSAcad. year: 2025/2026

Fundamentals of database systems (DBS). Conceptual Modelling. The relational model. Relational database design from a conceptual model. Normalization-based design of a relational database. SQL language. Transaction processing. DBS architectures: client/server, multi-tier architectures, distributed DBS. Introduction to database administration: data security and integrity, introduction to physical database design, performance optimization, database recovery, concurrency control. Trends in database technology. The project consists in designing the structure of a relational database and programming SQL scripts to create the database, querying data in it, database triggers, and stored procedures.

Language of instruction

Czech, English

Number of ECTS credits

5

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Ing. Vladimír Bartík, Ph.D.

Department

Department of Information Systems (UIFS)

Entry knowledge

The sets, relations and mappings. The elementary notions of the graph theory. Basics of hashing and tree-based search. Basic steps of software development. Rudiments of programming and data modelling.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

  • Data and use case models - 5 points
  • Building of the database in SQL - 5 points 
  • Querying in SQL - 5 points
  • Advanced queries and database objects - 19 points
  • Midterm written exam - 15 points
  • Final written examination - 51 points
  • To be allowed to sit for written examination student is  to present and defend project oucomes in due dates, and to earn at least 24 points during the semester.
  • The minimum number of points for the final examination is 20.

 

Mid-term exam passing, realization and presentation/defence of projects in due dates.

In the case of a reported barrier of the mid-term exam and to present/defend a project, a student will be offered a substitute date of the exam or an oral exam, and she/he will be allowed to present/defend the project in a substitute date, respectively.

Aims

Mastering fundamentals of relational database theory and skill in using database technology at a level required for database design, development of database applications and database administration.
  • Student is able to develop conceptual models of an application domain for database applications.
  • He/she can develop database applications for relational databases, knows the standard database language for relational databases SQL, and has experience with some integrated development environment for database applications.  and have knowledge of relational database management system fundamentals.
  • He/she receives basic competencies for database administrator's work like user account creation, access rights assignment and performance tuning.
  • Student acquaints with fundamentals of some important functions of advanced database system like transactional processing, concurrency and recovery.
  • Student acquaints with basic English terminology in the subject.
  • The student will learn how to analyze a given problem in a small team and he/she will learn to design and implement a solution of the problem individually. He/she learns to present and defend both partial and final results of the project.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Basic literature

Silberschatz, A., Korth H.F, Sudarshan, S.: Database System Concepts. Sixth Edition. McGraw-Hill. 2010, 1320 p.

Recommended reading

Lemahieu, W., Broucke, S., Baesens, B.: Principles of Database Management. Cambridge University Press. 2018, 780 p.
On-line nápověda produktů Oracle, dokumentace dostupná na https://docs.oracle.com/en/database/oracle/oracle-database/18/development.html.
Silberschatz, A., Korth H.F, Sudarshan, S.: Database System Concepts. Sixth Edition. McGraw-Hill. 2010, 1320 p.
Zendulka, J., Bartík, V.: Databázové systémy. Přednášky v elektronické podobě.
Zendulka, J., Rudolfová, I.: Databázové systémy. IDS. Studijní opora. FIT VUT v Brně. 2006, 217 s.

Elearning

eLearning: currently opened course

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme BIT Bachelor's 2 year of study, summer semester, compulsory, profile core courses
  • Programme BIT Bachelor's 2 year of study, summer semester, compulsory, profile core courses

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

39 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Vladimír Bartík, Ph.D.
RNDr. Marek Rychlý, Ph.D.

Syllabus

  1. Fundamental concepts of database systems.
  2. Conceptual modelling.
  3. Fundamentals of the relational model. Transformation of a conceptual model to a relational database schema.
    Introduction the Oracle database, database tools. 
  4. Introduction to normal forms, the use of normalization in database design.
  5. The SQL - data definition.
  6. The SQL - SELECT statement (fundamentals).
  7. The SQL - SELECT statement (extension).
  8. The SQL - other statements for data manipulation. System catalogue.
  9. The SQL - views, missing information, embedded SQL, cursor, dynamic SQL. Query by example (QBE).
    Introduction to the PL/SQL language. 
  10. The client/server architecture. Database triggers and stored procedures. Data integrity, data security.
  11. Data organization at the internal level - indexing and hashing. Query processing and optimization.
    Query optimization, indexing and database transactions in Oracle.
  12. Transaction processing - properties and states of  a database transaction. Introduction to failure recovery and concurrency control.
  13. Current trends in database technology.

Project

13 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Vladimír Bartík, Ph.D.
RNDr. Marek Rychlý, Ph.D.
Ing. Miloš Musil, Ph.D.

Syllabus

  1. Presentation of a conceptual model (ERD or a class diagram) and a use case model for a given problem (continuation of the project started in the subject Introduction to software engineering).
  2. An SQL script that creates and populates database tables.
  3. An SQL script with queries over the database tables.
  4. An SQL script with statements for advanced database objects.

Individual preparation for a mid-semester exam

13 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Vladimír Bartík, Ph.D.

Syllabus

Before the mid-term exam, it is recommended to study the lectures from the first half of the semester and practice several examples from the group consultations that are on the course website.

Individual preparation for a final exam

26 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Vladimír Bartík, Ph.D.

Syllabus

Preparation for the final exam should include:

  • repeating topics from all lectures
  • practicing several examples from group consultations
  • repeating what was the subject of the project

Individual preparation for a project work

13 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Vladimír Bartík, Ph.D.

Syllabus

Preparation for the project includes:

  • Assembling and coordinating the team.
  • Study of lecture topics that are necessary to master the individual parts of the project.
  • Preparation for the final defense

Individual preparation for a lecture

26 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Vladimír Bartík, Ph.D.

Syllabus

In preparation for the lecture, it is recommended to:

  • Review the concepts and knowledge from the previous lecture.
  • Become familiar with the materials for the upcoming lecture.

Elearning

eLearning: currently opened course