Laurel Miller

We are starting aggregation tomorrow.  You’ll definitely want to Chapter 29 before class!  I posted a new presentation summarizing the lab.  Make sure to review it.

Treats for those that answer the questions correctly 🙂

I am very sorry but I have food poisoning and will not be able to attend class tomorrow.  I will try and create a voice over power point of the artist in class SQL assignment so we will not miss any content.  We will be starting aggregation on Thursday.  You can hand in lab 4 […]

Andrew Burton-Jones Assistant Professor Saunder School of Business, University of British Columbia October 29, 2010 Speakman Hall 200, 1000am – 1130am Abstract Information systems must be used effectively to obtain maximum benefits from them. However, despite a great deal of research on when and why systems are used, very little research has examined what effective system use involves and what […]

Jungpil Hahn Assistant Professor Krannert School of Business, Purdue University October 22, 2010 Speakman Hall 200, 1000am – 1130am Abstract Information systems development (ISD) is fundamentally a search process by which the team seeks to find an optimal system configuration that produces the highest performance. As information systems are embodiments of business-domain knowledge and technical knowledge, ISD requires both. The business unit […]

I will be rescheduling office hours next Tuesday 10/19 to Thursday 10/21 from 11:15 – 12:15 in my office in Speakman 209C.  I need to do a presentation during our regular office hour time.  I apologize in advance for any inconvenience this may cause.

Average:  75.3 (C)

Grade distribution:

A
14

B
15

C
16

D
3

F
7

We will review the exam in the beginning of Tuesday’s class.  Please note the last day to withdraw from class is 11/1 (http://www.temple.edu/registrar/acad_cals_2010-2011.html)

A few people have emailed me about question 7 in the lab and have indicated that they have received a parent key error.  We discussed this in class a few times including last Tuesday and Thursday.  If you note, the last question on the lab is VERY similar. We will discuss for a few moments […]

Jinyoung Min Visiting Research Scholar Fox School of Business, Temple University October 8, 2010 Speakman Hall 200, 1000am – 1130am Abstract As information technology (IT) continues to permeate everyday life experiences, it is no longer simply a tool to improve task performance; people use technology to present themselves and fulfill their inner desires. Yet, there are few studies examining this new aspect […]

As we discussed in lab, for lab 2 you should write your insert statements and then run at the SQL prompt.  Then runs your describe command at the SQL prompt.  Copy your command and the output into the appropriate space on the word document.  For the last 2 questions you are only answering the question […]

As we discussed in class on Thursday, exam 1 has been rescheduled to 10/7.  Please see the calendar on blackboard.  We will be starting lab 3 on Thursday

I am considering pushing exam 1 back 1 week.  We’ll vote in class today

As I said last week and the prior week,  for the Describe section, in SQL plus run the describe command for each table and run it.  Copy it and paste into the word document.  I can tell you created the tables, added the attributes, and set the null/not null from the command. For the alter, […]

After we work on Santa’s workshop we may have time to start the singer DB.  Please bring this with you to class.

If you are trying to install Oracle on Windows 7 and your SQL plus dialog disappears after you enter your login, try loading the SQL developer toolkit as described in my directions.  I have been able to access oracle successfully through the SQL Developer Toolkit even though the SQL plus application is not functional.