Given:	Monday, 7 January
Due Date:	As Soon as Possible

Every assignment this semester will involve running the SimpleDB database system.  It is therefore essential that you get SimpleDB installed and become comfortable with its use.  Instructions for performing the following tasks can be found in Section 7.3.2, 7.4.1, and 7.6 of the text (or refer to the SimpleDB web page).

1.  Download SimpleDB and install it on your machine.  You should use Java 1.6 if you can.  If you only have Java 1.5 available (e.g. if you are using an Apple computer) then you need to make some minor changes to the code:

• In the package simpledb.remote, the classes named xxxAdapter provide default implementations of the interfaces in java.sql.  Java version 1.6 added several extra methods to these interfaces.  If you are using an earlier version, just comment out those methods.  (You can tell which ones they are because you'll get an error when you try to compile them.)
• In the package simpledb.remote, the classes named SimpleXXX call the SQLException constructor with a Throwable argument.  This constructor is new to version 1.6.  To use in 1.5, rewrite the code "throw new SQLException(e)" to be "throw new SQLException(e.getMessage())".

3.  If you  know SQL, try running the SQL interpreter client demo. You can figure out the names of the tables and their fields by looking at Figure 1-1 of the text.  Enter some SQL statements and see what happens.  Pay attention to Section 7.6 of the text, which describes the subset of SQL supported by SimpleDB.  What happens when you try to execute an SQL statement that SimpleDB doesn't support?

DO NOT HAND ANYTHING IN.