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 Sunday, January 25, 2026
Note that assignment 1 is due on Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026 at night (11:59pm) and
should be submitted only electronically through brightspace
(as a word file or .pdf, and not in a zipped file). Type your answers
in the .docx file I kept for you in the assignment 1 (one) link through brightspace and submit that file electronically. If your ER
diagram is drawn with hand, scan clearly and submit that as well as a .pdf file
with the rest of your assignment 1.
Note that Test 1 is written on
Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026.
Midterm 1 covers materials
from Chs 1, 2, 3, 5 of course book and course notes
as summarized also in the upcomint class events in
the chart below and also found in the course outline.
I kept a midterm 1 practice
test for your use on brightspace through the Test
materials folder. Please, note that I do not post solutions to any posted
practice test. It is for you to work on and bring up any discussions
to me or GA/TA. I do go through them with you in the class in a
class before the test though to discuss your solutions. Thus, go to
classes. Classes are already beginning to thin down in attendance
and it obviously affects your understanding of course materials when you drop
in and out of classes.
Assignments already handed out in class can be found in the assignment
folder in the course brightspace site. Assignment 2
is already handed out.
All posted test materials can be found in the test materials folder
in the course brightspace site. Please, note
that all test practice materials are intended to help students work on the materials
and be prepared for class. I do not post solutions to test/exam practices but
will post solutions to tests, and assignments. I normally would
still review the test practices with students in the class or during my office
hours before the test/exam if they bring their answers for discussion.
Find updated GA/TA as well as
CS tutor hours of help also through the GA/TA hour link in brightspace
or directly through
https://cezeife.myweb.cs.uwindsor.ca/courses/60-315/officehrs/index.html.
UPCOMING CLASS EVENTS
ASSIGNMENT & EXAMINATION
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE
|
|
Handed Out (Thurs) |
Due Date (Thurs) |
|
Assn 1 (Chs 1, 2, 3) |
Jan. 15, 2026 |
Jan. 29, 2026 |
|
Assn 2 (Chs 5, 14) |
Jan. 29, 2026 |
Feb. 26, 2026 |
|
Midterm 1 (Chs 1, 2, 3, 5) |
|
Feb. 5, 2026 (In class) |
|
Midterm 2 (Chs 14, 6, 7) |
|
Mar. 5, 2026 (In class) |
|
Assn 3 (Chs 6, 7, 8) |
Feb. 26, 2026 |
Mar. 19, 2026 |
|
Final Exam (all materials covered in class) |
Time and Venue (TBA) |
Time and Venue (Venue: TBA) |
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.)
For students, who want to login to Oracle Sqlplus through the steps described clearly
below, please, talk to a TA or myself during our office hours if you are still
encountering any issues.
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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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