News and Announcements

• 12/11 -- The solutions for Asn. 10 has just been posted.
• 12/7 -- The final exam study guide has just been posted.
• 11/30 -- Extra office hours by instructor and TAs: Christos Fri 12/08 3-4pm, and Mo 12/11 11-12noon. Ippokratis Mo 12/11 1-3pm. Jimeng Fri 12/08 4-5pm.
• 11/30 -- Jimeng will have office hours on Fri 12/01 1:30-2:30pm instead of 3-4pm. This adjustment is just for this week.
• 11/28 -- The solutions for Asn. 6 and Asn. 8 are now posted.
• 11/27 -- Clarification for Asn. 10 Q. 6: Solutions that do standard B+ tree split will be accepted. Thus, do NOT need to lock the sibling.
• 11/21 -- Asn. 10 is out.
• 11/14 -- Extra office hour for jimeng at 3:30-4:30PM 11/15, no recitation on 11/15.
• 11/14 -- Test data for Asn. 9 is out. Download to your working directory, and "tar zxvf test.tgz"
• 11/07 -- Asn. 9 is out. It is an INDIVIDUAL homework!
• 10/27 -- typo fixed for question 1b in HW7 (highlighted part) thanks to Arbob for spotting it.
• 10/17 -- typo fixed, for cost of sort-merge join ( 16RelOp.pdf, foil 72) - thanks to Arbob for spotting it.
• 10/16 -- Extra office hours by instructor and TAs: Christos Tu 10/17, 11-12noon, and We 10/18, 11-12noon. Ippokratis Tu 10/17, 12-1pm. Jimeng We 10/18, 2:30-3:30pm.
• 10/14 -- Midterm study guide  is out.
• 10/12 -- HW6 is out

• 10/10 -- HW5 extension. Due to problems with the bboard, the new due date for HW5 is Sunday Oct. 15, 3pm. Please submit a soft copy only in the handin directory.
• 10/10 -- Some implementation files were added in the handout code for Asn. 5 . The handout code is available as zip or tar.
• 10/3 -- 2 extra slip days, to compensate for the travels of the teaching personnel.
• 10/3 -- Asn. 5 is out. The handout code is available as zip or tar.
• 10/3 -- The solution for Asn 3 is out.
• 9/30 -- Asn.4 handout code redistribution. Please re-download the handout code for Asn. 4. It is available as zip or tar.
• 9/30 -- We posted some FAQ regarding HW4. Also the Minibase documentation related to HW4 can be accessed here.
• 9/29 -- Some people had problems compiling HW4. There is a change that has to be done in every Makefile. The instructions are here.
• 9/26 -- One recitation section tomorrow (regarding HW4). Wed 9/20 - 3:00-4:00pm @ PH 125B.
• 9/26 -- The Asn. 4 had just been posted.
• 9/26 -- Extension: One extra slip day due to technical problems with the Postgres installation.
• 9/24 -- The solutions for Asn. 2 had just been posted.
• 9/24 -- Question 10 of asn 3 is rephrased, thanks to the comment from James.
• 9/22 -- The solutions for Asn. 1 had just been posted.
• 9/21 -- Asn. 3 had some small corrections (highlighted).
• 9/19 -- One recitation section tomorrow (regarding HW3). Wed 9/20 - 2:30-3:20pm @ PH 125B.
• 9/19 -- Office hours by instructor: EXTRA office hour Fri 9/22 - 11-12noon.
• 9/19 -- Office hours by instructor: NO office hour Wed 9/20 - 11am. EXTRA office hour Wed 9/20 - 4-5pm.
• 9/14 -- Asn. 2 had a couple of typos. Please download it again from here. Kudos to Arbob and Inbae for pointing them out.
• 9/12 -- Asn. 2 is out.
• 9/10 -- No office hour by instructor this week (9/11 - 9/15). Instructor out of town.
• 9/3 -- Even though it is Labor Day on Monday, Ippokratis will be in his office during his office hours.
• 9/3 -- You can download Asn. 1 again, with a typo corrected. The changes from the initial document have been highlighted.
• 8/30 -- No office hours by Jimeng, until Sept. 18 (out of town).
• 8/30 -- The first recitation will be on Wed. Sept. 20. In general, we won't have recitations for paper+pencil homeworks.
• 8/21 -- Some frequently asked questions about enrollment.