COMP-3150-1 FALL 2025 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: 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/fallindex.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, October
19, 2025
1.
Note that Assignment 2 is
due Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025 at 11:59pm through only electronic brightspace
submission. Do not submit zipped or tarred or packaged
file. Just
submit the .docx or its .pdf assignment file which you had completed with
any other adjoining individual files such as Unix script file (.txt) showing
your interaction through Sqlplus for your creating, inserting data
into your question 2 database as requested by the assignment question. I will
post the assn 2 solution by Sunday to assist with test 2
preparation. Also, note that late
assignments are deducted -5 for each day late.
I will provide more help with this question 2 and
sqlplus in next Tuesday class in the last 10 minutes of class if you have not
been able to log in, come then and do it with me as I go along.
2.
Note Again on
Oracle Sqlplus Login Issues, as announced several
times before, you need to synchronize your UWindsor email password with the
Oracle Sqlplus password every time you change your UWindsor email
password. To synchronize, go to https://auth.cs.uwindsor.ca/password.
Also, use only your UWindsor userid (without the
@uwindsor.ca part).
3. More on Accepted
SQLPLUS password
If you are having login issues with sqlplus, please check https://help.cs.uwindsor.ca/mediawiki/index.php/SQL*Plus#Troubleshooting
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
technical crew, Sanjay Chitte, at sanjay.chitte@uwindsor.ca.
4. Note
that midterm 2 (with scope Chs 14, 6, 7) is written Thursday,
Oct. 30. 2025. (at 11:30am) in person in Toldo 102. Chapters 6 and 7
discuss SQL DDL commands, SQL DML commands (SPJ, aggregation, group by, nested,
etc.).
Prepare
for the test by going through the practice midterm 2, course notes
(chs 14, 6 and 7), book chapters, assignment 2 solutions, working on your
assignment 3. No solutions are posted on brightspace for practice
tests but they may be reviewed in class if time permits just before the test. Good
Luck in your test.
On that test, I will also review your
solution to midterm test 2 practice with you in class on Tuesday, Oct. 28,
during my class that day in the last 10 to 15 minutes of class.
5. Check
all upcoming class events below. Tentative Final exam date to
be announced as soon as published by the registrar and hopefully soon.
Updated class marks can be found through the marks
link and report any discrepancies early to me.
Assignment 3 has been posted and can be found in the
assignment folder in the course brightspace site.
Also, Midterm 2 practice had been posted on
brightspace resource folder.
Find GA/TA as well as CS tutor hours of help also
through the GA/TA hour link.
UPCOMING
CLASS EVENTS
ASSIGNMENT & EXAMINATION
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE
|
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Handed Out (Thurs) |
Due Date (Thurs) |
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Assn 2 (Chs 5, 14) |
Sep. 25, 2025 |
Oct. 23, 2025 |
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Midterm 2 (Chs 14, 6, 7) |
|
Oct. 30, 2025 (In class) |
|
Assn 3 (Chs 6, 7, 8) |
Oct. 23, 2025 |
Nov. 13, 2025 |
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Final Exam (all materials
covered in class) |
Time and Venue (TBA) |
Time and Venue (Venue: TBA) |
Posted Friday, October 3, 2025
Great performance
in midterm I by some students in the class (Well done!!). The marks
are now posted on the web Mark link (http://cezeife.myweb.cs.uwindsor.ca/courses/60-315/marks/index.html).
You can come to my office hour to review your midterm exam if you wish on
Mondays (12:00pm to 1:00pm) or Tuesdays (2:00 to 3:00pm) during my office hours
starting the week of Oct. 8. You
can also visit any of the GA/TAs during their office hours posted through the GA/TA
office hour link: (https://cezeife.myweb.cs.uwindsor.ca/courses/60-315/officehrs/index.html).
Solution
to the midterm test is or will also be posted on brightspace through test line.
This is an easy
test. Do not miss classes as things change quickly.
|
Section Comp-3150 (60-315-1) Midterm I result summary: |
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Average Mark: 79.74% |
UPCOMING CLASS EVENTS
ASSIGNMENT & EXAMINATION
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE
|
|
Handed Out (Thurs) |
Due Date (Thurs) |
|
Assn 2 (Chs 5, 14) |
Sep. 25, 2025 |
Oct. 23, 2025 |
|
Midterm 2 (Chs 14, 6, 7) |
|
Oct. 30, 2025 (In class) |
|
Assn 3 (Chs 6, 7, 8) |
Oct. 23, 2025 |
Nov. 13, 2025 |
|
Final Exam (all materials covered in class) |
Time and Venue (TBA) |
Time and Venue (Venue: TBA) |
Posted Friday, September 19, 2025
Note that assignment 1 is due on Thursday, Sept. 25, 2025 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, Oct. 2, 2025.
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
|
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Handed Out (Thurs) |
Due Date (Thurs) |
|
Assn 1 (Chs 1, 2, 3) |
Sep. 11, 2025 |
Sep. 25, 2025 |
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Assn 2 (Chs 5, 14) |
Sep. 25, 2025 |
Oct. 23, 2025 |
|
Midterm 1 (Chs 1, 2, 3, 5) |
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Oct. 2, 2025 (In class) |
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Midterm 2 (Chs 14, 6, 7) |
|
Oct. 30, 2025 (In class) |
|
Assn 3 (Chs 6, 7, 8) |
Oct. 23, 2025 |
Nov. 13, 2025 |
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Final Exam (all materials covered in class) |
Time and Venue (TBA) |
Time and Venue (Venue: TBA) |
Posted Monday, August 11, 2025
Dear
Fall 2025 Comp 3150 Students,
Welcome to my Fall 2025 class and see you in class on Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025.
Course Instructor: Dr. C. I.
Ezeife
E-mail: cezeife@uwindsor.ca
Office Location:
Office Hours:
Classes: Tues, Thurs : 11:30am – 12:50pm;
Room : (Toldo 102) 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.
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.
https://cezeife.myweb.cs.uwindsor.ca/courses/60-315/announce/SQLplustutorial_f20.mkv
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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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