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Database
Theory and its implementation
with PostgreSQL
at an academic environment
Toshiyuki ISHIKAWA
Japan PostgreSQL Users Group
[email protected]
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Thin edge of the Wedge
 As a consultant to switchover the existing information
processing system for renewal at an institute
 Included college operation and educational software
materials
 Database course had been foresighted since opening
the faculty of the Department of Manufacturing
 Database course would be lectured with Oracle
 Budget problem
 PostgreSQL appeared on the scene
 Then, who will teach?
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Institute of Technologists
 Historically, Japan, influenced by China, Korea,
and the other countries more than ten thousand
years in production technology
 Blossoming Japan specific production
technologies
 Inheritance of the technology in every field
Technologists must be equipped in both theory
and practice
 Students to gain highly realistic experiences
 Collaboration with industries
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Institute of Technologists
technologists
(My view at the Institute)
The professional person who is
specialized in creating something
new in the fields of industrial arts
of the production sector, making
use of individual wisdom, skills,
and techniques, to attain to be a
maestro.
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How to balance at an university
education
 Theory vs. Implementation
 Principle vs. Product
 Relational algebra vs. SQL
 Not a SQL language course
 Composition of the syllabus
 How PostgreSQL tolerate against principles of
database?
 Will it be neutral in education?
 Blend in PostgreSQL world
 Silently imprinting PostgreSQL as OSS
 Oracle in the real world
 Matlab vs. Scilab (by INRIA & ENPC)
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Theory and Implementation
(continued)
 Teaching in balance
 Parallel
For example
Projection
SQL
SELECT target list FROM table_name;
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3 years experience in teaching
 PostgreSQL affords in the educational
environment without doubt
 Alert to RDBMS controlled world
 Stage to lead students to DBA
 But
Could not share enough time for
 backup
 storage
 security
 performance tuning
 etc.
 Any help!
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