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Relational Databases
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Resources
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-- `Lecture notes fom class <sql-notes.html>`_  (The data used in the lecture notes is available in the lab distribution.)

-- `W3C SQL tutorial <http://www.w3schools.com/sql/default.asp>`_

-- `Very detailed slides <http://www.slideshare.net/signer/structured-query-language-sql-lecture-5-intro>`_ on SQL written by Prof. Singer from Vrije University in Belgium

-- `Codd paper on relational databases <https://www.seas.upenn.edu/~zives/03f/cis550/codd.pdf>`_ [for historical interest]

-- And finally, here's a `cool tool <http://dbis-uibk.github.io/relax/index.htm>`_ for playing with relational algebra, the underlying mathematical model for relational databases.


.. Lab
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.. -- `SQL lab <../../labs/lab2/index.html>`_