CITE 3033: Database Administration

Dept. of Computer Science, Texas Christian University

Dr. Lisa Ball
Last update 01.07.08
Announcements

Office hours will be announced in class. Office is 334 TTC. Email is the best way to reach me.
We will meet in the Crescent Lab in SWR.

Course Information

POSTGRES

PostgreSQL
PostgreSQL : The most advanced Open Source database system in the world
The POSTGRES Rule Manager
The Implementation of POSTGRES
Comparison of Oracle, MySQL and Postgres DBMS
CMD | Command Prompt, Inc. | Practical PostgreSQL

POSTGRES VERSION 8.0 (2005)

Here is a link to some of the new features of 8.0: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/whatsnew
And more details on what was changed and added: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.0/static/release.html

Some Sample Databases Found by Students (2005)

Database Sizes

http://www.acdlabs.co.uk/download/db/weblibdb.html
http://science.nature.nps.gov/im/apps/npspp/DesktopApp.htm
http://www.musicbrainz.org/products/server/download.html
http://www.eecs.utoledo.edu/~jwalden/2004/spring/eecs4560/examples/bank.sql