The Essence of Databases

KEY TOPICS:The Essence of Databases covers database design, relational systems, object-oriented systems, distributed systems, and the internal management and control of database systems. The coverage of database design includes a detailed summary of semantic data modeling concepts and how they are implemented in ER modeling, functional data modeling and semantic object modeling. The coverage of internal management demonstrates how logical database structures are stored in physical devices, and considers the related problems of concurrent access control and database transaction integrity. The book also addresses the challenge of managing today's complex distributed databases.

MARKET:For anyone interested in database technology; no background required.

• Relational database concepts and design - including in-depth coverage of SQL.
  
• Examples from Oracle, DB2 and Informix.
  
• Also covers object-oriented and distributed database systems.
  

Table of contents

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgements

1. The basics

2. Database design

3. Relational databases 1 - Basic concepts

4. Relational databases 2 - Design

5. Relational databases 3 - SQL

6. Traditional database models

7. Object-oriented databases

8. Internal management (1)

9. Internal management (2)

10. Distributed database systems

Bibliography

Index