Database Applications

Catalog description

This course introduces a variety of databases and database technologies. It covers the theory, techniques, and technologies that facilitate utilizing these technologies to enable complex data-driven applications. The course includes the basic concepts and skill sets of Sybase, SQL server, DB2, and Oracle, and compares and contrasts the facilities, options, and syntaxes available in each platform. Students learn how to make appropriate business decisions when considering choices among multiple database and database technology options in order to satisfy real-word business and technology considerations and how to create database applications to fulfill business requirements.