An Introduction to Database Systems

✍ Scribed by C.J. Date

• Publisher: Pearson
• Year: 2003
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 1034
• Edition: 8th
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Continuing in the eighth edition, An Introduction to Database Systems provides a comprehensive introduction to the now very large field of database systems by providing a solid grounding in the foundations of database technology while shedding some light on how the field is likely to develop in the future. This new edition has been rewritten and expanded to stay current with database system trends.

✦ Table of Contents

-Part I: Preliminaries-
Chapter 1: An Overview of Database Management
Chapter 2: Database System Architecture
Chapter 3: An Introduction to Relational Databases
Chapter 4: An Introduction to SQL

-Part II: The Relational Model-
Chapter 5: Types
Chapter 6: Relations
Chapter 7: Relational Algebra
Chapter 8: Relational Calculus
Chapter 9: Integrity
Chapter 10: Views

-Part III: Database Design-
Chapter 11: Functional Dependencies
Chapter 12: Further Normalization I: 1NF, 2NF, 3NF, BCNF
Chapter 13: Further Normalization II: Higher Normal Forms
Chapter 14: Semantic Modeling

-Part IV: Transaction Management-
Chapter 15: Recovery
Chapter 16: Concurrency

-Part V: Further Topics-
Chapter 17: Security
Chapter 18: Optimization
Chapter 19: Missing Information
Chapter 20: Type Inheritance
Chapter 21: Distributed Databases
Chapter 22: Decision Support
Chapter 23: Temporal Databases
Chapter 24: Logic-Based Databases

-Part VI: Objects, Relations, and XML-
Chapter 25: Object Databases
Chapter 26: Object/Relational Databases
Chapter 27: The World Wide Web and XML

-APPENDIXES-
Appendix A: The TransRelational Model
Appendix B: SQL Expressions
Appendix C: Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Symbols
Appendix D: Storage Structures and Access Methods

Index

✦ Subjects

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