An introduction to database systems / C.J. Date

By:

Date, C. J

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Reading, Mass. : Addison-Wesley, ℗♭2000Edition: 7th edDescription: xxii, 938 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0201385902
9780201385908
0201684195
9780201684193
0130351415
9780130351418
0201787229
9780201787221
0201787237
9780201787238

Subject(s):

Database management

Genre/Form:

Additional physical formats: Online version:: Introduction to database systems.DDC classification:

005.74 21

LOC classification:

QA76.9.D3 D3659 2000

Also issued online

Contents:

1. An overview of database management -- 2. Database system architecture -- 3. An introduction to relational databases -- 4. An introduction to SQL -- 5. Domains, relations, and base relvars -- 6. Relational algebra -- 7. Relational calculus -- 8. Integrity -- 9. Views -- 10. Functional dependencies -- 11. Further normalization I: 1NF, 2NF, 3NF, BCNF -- 12. Further normalization II: Higher normal forms -- 13. Semantic modeling -- 14. Recovery -- 15. Concurrency -- 16. Security -- 17. Optimization -- 18. Missing information -- 19. Type inheritance -- 20. Distributed databases -- 21. Decision support -- 22. Temporal databases -- 23. Logic-based databases -- 24. Object databases -- 25. Object/relational databases

Summary: This book provides a solid grounding in the foundations of database technology and gives some ideas of how the field is likely to develop in the future. Emphasizing insight and understanding rather than formalisms, Chris Date has divided the book into six parts: Basic Concepts, The Relational Model, Database Design, Transaction Management, Further Topics, and Object and Object/Relational Databases. This comprehensive introduction to databases reflects the latest developments and advances in the field of database systems. Throughout the book, there are numerous worked examples and exercises for the reader--with answers--as well as an extensive set of annotated references

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Dato Maznah Library & Information Services	Open Collection	QA Mathematics	QA76. 9. D3 D3659 2000 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		00001400

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This book provides a solid grounding in the foundations of database technology and gives some ideas of how the field is likely to develop in the future. Emphasizing insight and understanding rather than formalisms, Chris Date has divided the book into six parts: Basic Concepts, The Relational Model, Database Design, Transaction Management, Further Topics, and Object and Object/Relational Databases. This comprehensive introduction to databases reflects the latest developments and advances in the field of database systems. Throughout the book, there are numerous worked examples and exercises for the reader--with answers--as well as an extensive set of annotated references

Also issued online

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