Database Systems : A Practical Approach to Design, Implementation, and Management (International Computer Science Series)

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Book Description
An Accessible, Up-to-Date Introduction to Database Systems Database Systems, Second Edition provides a strong foundation in good design practice. Using an accessible, step-by-step approach, students will master a database methodology. Then, the authors apply this methodology to worked examples so students learn to design and build applications using a leading commercial database system. Also, a central, realistic case study is integrated throughout the text to provide an understanding of the issues involved. This new edition will build on the clear, accessible presentation of the successful first edition. New to the Second Edition

Includes additional and simplified examples.
Features new material on distributed databases including interactions with web-based data. Contains new material on object-oriented databases that covers the latest ODBM standards. Illustrates concepts with screen shots from Access(tm). Offers new coverage of query processing and optimization, data mining, data warehouses, multimedia databases, and the Internet.

Synopsis
A strong foundation in good design practice, this second edition offers information in an accessible, step-by-step fashion. This methodology is then applied to a working example so that the reader may learn to design and build applications using a leading commercial database system.

Synopsis
This book takes a fresh, pragmatic approach to database systems. With a strong design focus and using realistic case studies throughout, readers can master an accessible, step-by-step methodology, learn how to apply this to design and build applications, and gain a good understanding of the issues involved in building the systems. --This text refers to the paperback edition of of this title

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