COMP-3150
(60-315-01) WINTER 2026 Announcements.
PLEASE,
CHECK THIS PAGE FOR COURSE EVENTS. Just
scroll down to read from recent to old announcements.
NOTE:
DO NOT
FORGET, IT IS IMPORTANT TO ATTEND ALL CLASSES.
Class Times:
COMP-3150-1 (60-315-01):
T, R (11:30am - 12:50pm) UWindsor as announced in Brightspace.
Office hours:
Comp-3150-1 (60-315-1): M, 12:00pm-1:00pm and Tuesdays, 2:00 – 3:00pm in my office at CS.
Course Web Page can be accessed through: https://brightspace.uwindsor.ca/d2l/login Or https://cezeife.myweb.cs.uwindsor.ca/courses/60-315/winterindex.html.
Important and urgent class announcements are also sent to students
through their Uwindsor email account. Please, check
your UWindsor email account regularly.
Schedule for
Extra Tutorials or office hours provided by Computer Science for Students at
various levels can be found through a link found through the GA consulting hour
link.
Posted
Friday, January 2, 2026
Dear Winter 2026 Comp 3150
Students,
Welcome to my Winter 2026 class and see you in class on Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026.
Course Instructor: Dr. C. I.
Ezeife
E-mail: cezeife@uwindsor.ca
Office
Location:
Office Hours:
Classes: Tues, Thurs : 11:30am – 12:50pm; Room : (Toldo 202)
As announced in brightspace.
Course
Web Page is open and can be accessed through Brightspace https://brightspace.uwindsor.ca/d2l/login or
directly through: https://cezeife.myweb.cs.uwindsor.ca/courses/60-315/fallindex.html.
Course Text:
Elmasri, Ramez and Navathe, Shamkant (2016). Fundamentals of Database
Systems, 7th edition, Pearson. Isb-13: 978-0-13-397077-7; isbn-10:
0-13-397077-9.
Cost: US$46.01
from AbeBooks.com; $246.00 from Amazon;
Thriftbooks.com: $54.48. Book also available at
the University bookstore. Information on how to get the e-book version of the
course book is given in the course outline below the course text details.
Please, print or download the course notes from the
web site and write notes from class lectures inside your notes and/or in a
scribbler for easier revision in the future.
Where
to Find and download Course Notes
I have placed a .pdf copy of the chapters
of the course notes on the course web site through the course notes link at
this course web site:
https://cezeife.myweb.cs.uwindsor.ca/courses/60-315/notes/index.html.
Note : What
you need to do to be able to run SQL through Sqplplus.
1. You need
to install the GlobalProtect
VPN on your computer (PC, laptop, mac) to be able to connect to any of the CS machines called
alpha.cs.uwindsor.ca, bravo.cs.uwindsor.ca, charlie.cs.uwindsor.ca or delta.cs.uwindsor.ca in order
to use the programs like the Oracle database
management system (DBMS) for creating, querying and managing your databases.
Information on How to Install or Update GlobalProtect VPN
·
New University VPN Users: View the KBAs with instructions on how
to install the Global Protect VPN.
·
Existing University VPN Users: Find Update the VPN per the KBA to
see how to remove the old portal networklogin.uwindsor.ca to
the new securelogin.uwindsor.ca.
·
Should you require help with the VPN, please contact the IT Service Desk by opening a ticket,
calling 519-253-3000 ext. 4440 or selecting the
chat icon in the bottom right corner of uwindsor.ca/its or uwindsor.ca/itshelp.
4.
The following is
the new cs help that all the students should try first. https://help.cs.uwindsor.ca/search?term=oracle
5.
If connecting to
Oracle Sqlplus through SSH client, the following
instruction can be used. A quick summary of Sqlplus
instructions can also be found on the course web page and on course brightspace resource folder.
sqlplus “username”
password: (type your Uwindsor password where username is your Uwindsor username without double quotes. Eg. cezeife)
(To exit Sqlpus, just type exit at the prompt,
and to exit SSH terminal, type another exit at the prompt.)
6. For
Macintosh laptop users. You can simply run ssh commands from your Mac operating
systems shell terminal with commands like the following:
ssh “username@hostaddress”
password: (type your Uwindsor password where username is your Uwindsor username without double quotes. Eg. cezeife@delta.cs.uwindsor.ca)
The above
connects you only to one of the cs servers like delta specified above the way a
Windows laptop user has connected with SSH client. If you now want to run Sqlplus,
you need to type the sqlplus command like:
sqlplus “username”
password: (type your Uwindsor password where username is your Uwindsor username without double quotes. Eg. cezeife)
(To exit Sqlpus, just type
exit at the prompt, and to exit SSH terminal, type another exit at the prompt.)
Video on How to Synchronize your UWindsor
Account With CS
server Oracle Sqlplus Account and Login to Oracle
DBMS and Sqlplus
For students, who want to view the video on how to login to
Oracle Sqlplus through the steps described clearly below, please, view a
video created by a former TA. Talk to a TA or myself during our
office hours if you are still encountering any issues. This is a link for the tutorial
below.
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Activating your Computer User Accounts and Accessing
your Webmail
2. More on Accepted SQLPLUS password
Due to recent changes in campus password complexity, Oracle
passwords may pose a problem for sqlplus logins. The characters that can be used for an Oracle password
without enclosing it in double quotes are the same as any normal Oracle
identifier: only letters, numbers, and the symbols #, _ and $ are acceptable,
and the first character must be a letter. If the password includes any other characters, the entire
password MUST be enclosed in double quotes for the Oracle login or it might not
be accepted. It is recommended that you
keep your campus password compatible with Oracle password requirements to avoid
Oracle login issues.
first. If you
are unable to resolve the login issue yourself, or are having database rights
privileges in creating or querying tables, send an email to the CS Systems
Analyst, Sanjay Chitte, at sanjay.chitte@uwindsor.ca.
To connect to cs.uwindsor.ca servers
remotely and be able to transfer files, you need to download NoMachine or Bitvise SSH. The NoMachine Player
(client) is available for free on many platforms including Windows, Mac OS X,
Linux, Android and iOS (iPad tablets). It can be downloaded from
nomachine.com and we have some instructional documents for users at
help.cs.uwindsor.ca.
Read below for specific details.
To download NoMachine and Bitvise SSH, access, go to the cs download
help link or go to:
1. Follow the instructions and connect
to delta.cs.uwindsor.ca server with NoMachine if
not yet familiar.
2. You now have a virtual machine interface similar to
what you see in the machines on campus in the Java lab or the Leddy Library
lab. Then, left click on Applications on the top menu and select System Tools,
then, Mate Terminal. This creates a terminal for Unix/Linux commands
on a white background.
3. You are now ready to type your Unix/Linux commands for
editing with a text editor (e.g., gedit),
connecting to an SQL query language processor (e.g., sqlplus).
You can also use the text editor pico with
any either Bitvise or NoMachine terminal.
4. If you want a copy of any file in the
remote cs server brought to your local home PC, you can then
use Bitvise SSH client file transfer
protocol (SFTP), FileZilla or NoMachine to
transfer the files to your local computer (or laptop) so you can submit the
file for assignment solution.
Dr. C. Ezeife
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