01aIntro

Database Management

Mick McQuaid
mcq@utexas.edu

University of Texas at Austin

28 Apr 2026

What will you learn?

  • what databases are
  • what relational databases are
  • why you should use databases
  • how people work with databases (SQL)
  • how to get data into and out of databases
  • a particular database management system (SQLite)
  • normalization of databases

Why do you need to learn it?

  • most organizations store data in databases
  • you will need data that is already in databases in the workplace
  • you may need to create databases in the workplace

What will we avoid learning?

  • database administration
  • database security
  • pecularities of operating systems like Windows or macOS or Linux
  • client-server database systems like PostgreSQL or MySQL
  • advanced SQL features like window functions or recursive queries
  • data warehousing

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