DM26, Fall 2006 - Weekly Note 15

There will be a spørgetime (session with possibilities for asking questions on the curriculum) before the oral exam. It takes place Tuesday, January 2 at 10:15 to 12:00 in room U46.

The oral exam takes place January 3 in room U49B. List for signing up for specific slots at the exam is available at the departmental office.

The examination is a 30 minutes oral exam with no preparation time. I.e. you draw a question, look for 10 seconds at any notes you may have made for yourself, put these notes aside, and then you're off. You may use the blackboard only (no pre-made transparencies). You should present what you believe are the most important issues under the heading of your question during the first 15 minutes or so. Aim for central issues and precision in exposition, and not necessarily detailed coverage of everything (depending on the size of the relevant parts of curriculum). Towards the end, the examination normally has transformed from a talk to a conversation. In this phase, you will also be asked about things in areas outside your question. The examination will take around 25 minutes (the last minutes censor and examiner will use for grading).

Lecture December 15

More on transactions and concurrency control.

Reading

Ramakrishnan and Gehrke: Rest of Sections 16.5-6 and 17.3-5.

Lecture December 22 (Expected Contents)

Crash recovery.

Reading

Ramakrishnan and Gehrke: Section 16.7 and Chapter 18.