BCA-225: Relational Database Management System with Oracle

Max Marks: 80 Maximum Time: 3 Hrs.

Min Pass Marks: 35% Lectures to be delivered: 45-55 Hrs

(A) INSTRUCTION FOR THE PAPER SETTER

The question paper will consist of four sections A, B, C and D. Section A, B and C will have two
questions from the respective section of the syllabus carrying 15 marks for each question.
Section D will consist of 8-10 short answer type questions carrying a total of 20 marks, which
will cover the entire syllabus uniformly. Candidates are required to attempt five questions in all
by selecting at least one question from the section A, B and C. Section D is compulsory.

(B) INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE CANDIDATES

Candidates are required to attempt five questions in all by selecting at least one question from the
section A, B and C. Section D is compulsory.

SECTION-A
Relational Model: storage organisations for relations, relational algebra - set operators,
relational operators, relational calculus - domain calculus, tuple calculus.
Decomposition of Relation Schemes: functional dependencies, multivalued dependencies,
normal forms for relational schemes.
Relational Query Language: DDL, DML, DCL.
Database Integrity: domain integrity, entity integrity, referential integrity.

SECTION-B

Introduction to Oracle: Oracle as client/server architecture, getting started, creating, modifying,

dropping databases. Inserting, updating, deleting data from databases, SELECT statement, Data
constraints ( Null values, Default values, primary, unique and foreign key concepts), computing
expressions, renaming columns, logical operators, range searching, pattern matching, Oracle
functions, grouping data from tables in SQL, manipulating dates.

SECTION-C

Working with SQL: triggers, use of data base triggers, database triggers Vs. SQL*forms, types
of triggers, how to apply database triggers, BEFORE vs. AFTER triggers, combinations, syntax
for creating and dropping triggers.

Tex Book :
1. B.P. Desai, “Database management system” BPB publications, New Delhi.
Reference:
1. C.J. Date, "An Introduction to Data Base Systems", 3rd Ed., Narosa Publishers, 1997
2. Jeffrey D. Ullman, "Principles of Database Systems", 2nd Ed., Galgotia Pub., 1984.
3. D. Kroenke., "Database Processing", Galgotia Publications, 1987.
4. Henry F. Korth, “Database System Concepts”, McGraw Hill. Inc., 1997.
5. Naveen Prakash, “Introduction to Database Management”, TMH, 1993.
6. Ivan Bayross, “ Oracle 7 The complete reference”, BPB Publications.
7. Bobrowsky, “ Client server architecture and Introduction to Oracle 7”, 1996