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Stanford Fall 2011 - Introduction to Databases

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Re: Stanford Fall 2011 - Introduction to Databases

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MemSQL will be hosting office hours during the Winter for the class. If you'd like to attend, send an email to db-class@memsql.com.

That was a great way to make me google MemSQL. Are you guys affiliated with the course at all, or just being helpful and doing marketing at the same time?

Re: Stanford Fall 2011 - Introduction to Databases

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post #23

Do I have to attend the classes "live"? Or can I catch up according to my schedule, as long as I submit the assignments on time?

Does anyone know the answer to this?

Essentially, I'd like to know if i should continue waking up with the US East Coast or finally join the regular morning people in India.

Re: Stanford Fall 2011 - Introduction to Databases

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post #23

Do I have to attend the classes "live"? Or can I catch up according to my schedule, as long as I submit the assignments on time?

The video on the website indicates that the course lectures will be delivered by video, so I'm assuming that timeshifting will not be a problem.

Re: Stanford Fall 2011 - Introduction to Databases

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A quick look through the syllabus shows that the last video is "NoSQL Systems". Nothing specific in the Course Materials though. Maybe an Intro to Databases class should talk a little more about other approaches such as document-oriented databases. I know they (academia) are sticking to classical CS, but maybe some parts of relational databases could be covered in a second class on databases, to make room for more ex…

The video states that the course will be RDBMS-centric, but there will be forays into XML data.
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