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Learning PostgreSQL 11 - Third Edition

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Product type Book
Published in Jan 2019
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ISBN-13 9781789535464
Pages 556 pages
Edition 3rd Edition
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Authors (2):
Salahaldin Juba Salahaldin Juba
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Andrey Volkov Andrey Volkov
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Table of Contents (18) Chapters close

1. Relational Databases 2. PostgreSQL in Action 3. PostgreSQL Basic Building Blocks 4. PostgreSQL Advanced Building Blocks 5. SQL Language 6. Advanced Query Writing 7. Server-Side Programming with PL/pgSQL 8. OLAP and Data Warehousing 9. Beyond Conventional Data Types 10. Transactions and Concurrency Control 11. PostgreSQL Security 12. The PostgreSQL Catalog 13. Optimizing Database Performance 14. Testing 15. Using PostgreSQL in Python Applications 16. Scalability 17. What's Next? 18. Other Books You May Enjoy

Questions

  1. How does CAP theorem affect database general characteristics? Give an example of a database that complies with ACID properties and compare it with another database that utilizes BASE.
  2. Describe ACID attributes briefly.
  3. Think of a scenario where one can utilize different database categories to fulfill different business requirements.
  4. What is the difference between tuple and set?
  5. 3VL is used in the relational model; give examples of NULL value interpretation.
  6. Why should the tuples in the relation be unique? Which constraint ensures tuple uniqueness?
  7. Given two relations where both relations have 10 tuples and five attributes, assuming we have applied the Cartesian product on the two relations, what is the total number of attributes and tuples for the resultant relation?
  1. What is a domain constraint? List domain constraint types. Assuming a relation, client, has an attribute, phone_number, define the domain constraint for this attribute.
  2. Imagine that you have been assigned to a team that will be developing the online car portal system. As the team leader for the data design team, you have to provide a work plan that identifies the phases of data design. For each data model perspective phase, provide the following:

    • The scope of the data modeling phase
    • The inputs of the phase
    • The outputs of the phase
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