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An Introduction to Database Systems, 8/e


An Introduction to Database Systems, 8/e
Author(s)  C. J. Date, S. Swamynathan and A. Kannan
ISBN  9788177585568
Imprint  Pearson Education
Copyright  2006
Pages  968
Binding  Paperback
List Price  Rs. 1185.00
  
 
 

An introduction to database systems provides a comprehensive introduction to the very large field of database systems. It furnishes 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 edition has been expanded and rewritten to stay current with database system trends and developments, however the overall emphasis remains on insight and understanding, and not just on formalisms.
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  1. PRELIMINARIES

    1. An Overview of Database Management

    2. Database System Architecture

    3. An Introduction to Relational Databases

    4. An Introduction to SQL


  2. THE RELATIONAL MODEL

    1. Types

    2. Relations

    3. Relational Algebra

    4. Relational Calculus

    5. Integrity

    6. Views


  3. DATABASE DESIGN

    1. Functional Dependencies

    2. Further Normalization I: 1NF, 2NF, 3NF, BCNF

    3. Further Normalization II: Higher Normal Forms

    4. Semantic Modeling


  4. TRANSACTION MANAGEMENT

    1. Recovery

    2. Concurrency


  5. FURTHER TOPICS

    1. Security

    2. Optimization

    3. Missing Information

    4. Type Inheritance

    5. Distributed Databases

    6. Decision Support

    7. Temporal Databases

    8. Logic Based Databases


  6. OBJECTS, RELATIONS, AND XML

    1. Object Databases

    2. Object/Relational Databases

    3. The World Wide Web and XML

    • Appendix A. The TransRelationTM Model

    • Appendix B. SQL Expressions

    • Appendix C. Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Symbols

    • Appendix D. Storage Structures and Access Methods

    • Index
 

  • SQL coverage has been upgraded to the level of current standard.

  • Provides exceptionally strong and expanded coverage of the relational model.

  • Material on types or domains has been expanded for wider coverage.

  • Chapter 9 on Integrity has been completely rewritten for better understanding.

  • Chapter 15 on Recovery and Chapter 16 on Concurrency provides extensive details.

  • Includes careful analysis of some unorthodox conclusions regarding the ACID properties of transactions.

  • Chapter 20 on Type Inheritance and chapter 23 on Temporal Databases have been completely rewritten to reflect latest research developments.M

  • Chapter 27 on XML covers the relationship between databases and emerging XML standards.

  • The appendices include An overview of the TransRelational Model, A BNF grammar for SQL expressions, A glossary of important abbreviations,acronyms and symbols used in the text and Storage Structures and Access Methods.
 
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