Workshop · Rome, Italy

SQL and Relational Theory 2011

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Dates7–9 Nov 2011This edition has ended
VenueVisconti PalaceRome, Italy
RunningSince 2010Annual · 3 editions on record
Last checked12 Nov 2026Organiser website checked
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Editions on record
3first in 2010

About SQL and Relational Theory

SQL is ubiquitous. But SQL is complicated, difficult, and error prone (much more so than SQL advocates would have you believe), and testing can never be exhaustive. So to have any hope of writing correct SQL, you must follow some discipline. What discipline? Answer: The discipline of using SQL relationally.

What you will learn
-How relational principles provide SQL's logical underpinnings
-The breadth and depth of those principles
-How to formulate complex SQL code with confidence that it's correct
-Generally, be able to use SQL relationally

Main Topics
-Setting the scene
-Types and domains
-Tuples and relations, rows and tables
-No duplicates, no nulls
-Base relvars, base tables
-SQL and relational algebra I: The original operators
-SQL and relational algebra II: Additional operators
-SQL and constraints
-SQL and views
-SQL and logic I: Relational calculus
-SQL and logic II: Using logic to write SQL code
-Further SQL topics
-The relational model
-Database design theory

From our listing of this edition. Details may have changed since.

Editions

YearDatesWhereExhibitorsVisitors
201229–31 Oct 2012Visconti Palace Hotel
Rome, Italy
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20117–9 Nov 2011Visconti Palace
Rome, Italy
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20108–10 Oct 2010Residenza di Ripetta
Rome, Italy
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Past editions from the bvents archive (2008–2019) and organiser figures where they were published.

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