Homeworks
Assignment description	Tips	Examples	Readings	Due	Answers
Homework 1	Look at DATEPART first Datetime functions	Specific examples	Lecture notes, book	October 15th	Answers
Homework 2	Use the following order: 1. Lecture notes 2. Book 3."Examples" column 4. Readings column	1. MSDN, follow examples section and links to W3C.org Understanding XML 2. Decomposition, 1NF, 2NF, 3NF, BCNF, Functional Dependencies Database Design Principles Normalization Tutorial 3. E/R diagrams Database Design Using E/R Model	Lecture notes, XML http://www.w3.org/XML/1999/XML-in-10-points www.zvon.org/xxl/XMLTutorial/General/book_en.html MSDN, XML Glossary with links within each of the cases here MSDN, XPath (general picture, syntax and functions) here MSDN, XML here XQuery: http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlquery-use-cases/ http://www.xmlportfolio.com/xquery.html Galax: http://db.bell-labs.com/galax/	Novemeber 5th	Answers
Homework 3			Problem 1,2: MSDN, Table and Index Structure Problem 3,4,5: Lecture notes, Book	Monday, November 24th	Answers
Homework 4	Tips			Thursday, December 11, at 12pm	Answers