limjiajing / cz4031-project-1

cz4031-project-1

This repository contains the implementation for Project 1 of "Database Systems Principles (CZ/CE4031)".

Requirements

• C++ Standard Library is installed
• A C++ compiler installed
  • Instructions in this guide use g++
  • Any C++ compiler will work
• Refer to guide to install the required files (only if not yet installed)

Installation

Two ways to run the program

1. Run the windows executable file (.exe)
   • Only works for Windows 10 machine
2. Compile the source code and run

1. Windows executable file

1. Extract files from zip file cz4031-project-1.zip
2. Enter directory cz4031-project-1
3. Double click main.exe to run the program

Note:

• This method only works on Windows 10 machines

• Make sure main.exe has permission to execute. You can check by:

  1. Right-click the file (main.exe)
  2. Left-click properties
  3. Left-click the security tab
  4. Ensure the Read & execute permission is allowed.

2. Compile source code and run

1. Extract files from the zip file cz4031-project-1.zip
2. Enter the directory cz4031-project-1
3. Launch terminal in current directory
4. Compile the program

   g++ main.cpp -o main

5. Run the program

   main

   or

   .//main

Note:

• All CLI used here are for Windows machine. For other OS, modify correspondingly.

• Ensure the executable from the compilation (main.exe) has permission to execute. You can check by:

  1. Right-click the file (main.exe)
  2. Left-click properties
  3. Left-click the security tab
  4. Ensure the Read & execute permission is allowed.

Appendix

Install Requirements

1. Download MSYS2 installer here
2. Run the installer. MSYS2 requires 64-bit Windows 7 or newer.
3. Launch the program and install the required files
4. Add <Mingw-w64 destination folder>\mingw64\bin to PATH
   • Using the default installation settings: C:\msys64\mingw64\bin
5. Check compiler has been correctly installed added to PATH