Summary: March 23, 2008 DB:Relational Algebra 1
Relational Algebra
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Objectives
Introduction to Relational Algebra +
Relational Algebra Operations +
Summary +
Example Queries +
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- Introduction To Relational Algebra ...
Relational algebra is a set of operations that enable the
user to specify basic retrieval requests. Each operation
produces results which is a relation.
Relational algebra expression is a sequence of relational
algebra operations whose result will also be a relation.
There are two groups of relational algebra operations:
Operations developed specifically for relational database, such
as SELECT, PROJECT, and JOIN.
Operations from mathematical set theory, such as UNION, SET
DIFFERENCE, INTERSECTION, CARTESIAN PRODUCT, and

Source: Adam, Salah - Department of Information and Computer Science, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals

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