Database systems / A practical approach to design implementation and management

By:

CONNOLLY THOMAS

Contributor(s):

Begg, Carolyn

Material type: Text

TextSeries: INTERNATIONAL COMPUTER SCIENCE SERIESPublication details: UK Addison Wesley 1998Edition: 2nd edDescription: 848p., 234 x 189mm, Illustrations, paperbackISBN:

0201342871

Subject(s):

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Standard Loan	Thurles Library Main Collection	005.74 CON (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		R05401AKRCT

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This text includes material on distributed databases, object-oriented databases, data mining, data warehouses, multimedia databases and the Internet. It applies methodology to worked examples to enable students to design and build applications using a leading commercial database system. The book also examines distributed database interactions with Web-based data.

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Table of contents provided by Syndetics

Part 1 Background
Chapter 1 Introduction to Databases
Chapter 2 Database Environment
Part 2 The Relational Model and Languages
Chapter 3 The Relational Model
Chapter 4 The Relational Algebra and Calculus
Chapter 5 SQL: Data Manipulation
Chapter 6 SQL: Data Definition
Chapter 7 Query-by-Example (QBE)
Chapter 8 Commercial DBMSs: Access and Oracle
Part 3 Database Analysis and Design Techniques
Chapter 9 Database Planning, Design, and Administration
Chapter 10 Fact-Finding Techniques
Chapter 11 ER Modeling
Chapter 12 Enhanced ER Modeling
Chapter 13 Normalization
Part 4 Methodology
Chapter 14 Methodology - Conceptual Database Design
Chapter 15 Methodology - Logical Database Design for Relational Model
Chapter 16 Methodology - Physical Database Design for Relational Databases
Chapter 17 Methodology - Monitor and tune the operational system
Part 5 Selected Database Issues
Chapter 18 Security
Chapter 19 Transaction Management
Chapter 20 Query Processing
Chapter 21 Programmatic SQL
Part 6 Current Trends
Chapter 22 Distributed DBMSs - Concepts and Design
Chapter 23 Distributed DBMSs - Advanced Concepts
Chapter 24 Introduction to Object DBMSs
Chapter 25 Object-Oriented DBMSs: Concepts and Design
Chapter 26 Object-Oriented DBMSs: Standards and Systems
Chapter 27 Object-Relational DBMSs
Part 7 Emerging Trends
Chapter 28 Web Technology and DBMSs
Chapter 29 Structured and Semi-Structured Data: XML and DBMSs
Chapter 30 Data Warehousing Concepts
Chapter 31 Data Warehousing Design
Chapter 32 OLAP and Data Mining
Appendixes
A Users' Requirements Specification for Dream Home Case Study
B Other Case Studies
C File Organisation and Storage Structures
D When is a DBMS Relational?
E Alternative ER Modeling Notations
F Summary of the Database Design Methodology for Relational Databases
G Estimating Disk Space Requirements
H Example Web Scripts
References
Further Reading
Index