Introduction to Persistent Data: Introduction

Location	A4-106
Time	October 19, 14.30-16.15
Subject	Introduction to persistent data, Entity-Relationship modeling and the fundamentals of JDBC .
Reading	"Database System Concepts" Chapter 1 pages 1-13. and Chapter 2 pages 27-46. These chapters provides an introduction to database systems in general and how to visualize data using the very simple Entity-Relationship (ER) model. "JDBC and Java" Chapter 3 pages 25-39. This chapter provides and introduction to JDBC and how to make a connection from a Java program to a relational database using JDBC.
Exercises	Exercise
Solutions	Solutions to exercises
Slides	PDF
Links	Here links that are useful for the seminar are listed: Sun's JDBC Home page (the home of JDBC on the Internet) A good introduction to JDBC from a recent book JDBC API Tutorial and Reference (Third Edition) WebCast on Cloudscape (former name of Derby) Includes installation notes IBM DeveloperWorks Cloudscape Home Page