Database Systems: Design, Implementation, and Management - Hardcover

Rob, Peter; Coronel, Carlos

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9780760049044: Database Systems: Design, Implementation, and Management

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ISBN 10: 0760049041 ISBN 13: 9780760049044

Publisher: Course Technology Ptr, 1997

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Database Systems: Design, Implementation, and Management, Seventh Edition is one of the most comprehensive database textbooks available. The proven success of database design treatment is sustained and further improved in this revision. The proven Parts organizations streamline the chapter coverage, so it is an ideal choice for your classroom. Each Part opens with a new business vignette, which provides real world examples to engage your students. The new edition includes updates in every chapter as well as added exercises and cases. There are new chapters such as Advanced Modeling Concepts, Database Performance Tuning and Query Optimization, and Database Connectivity and Web Development. In the seventh edition you will find examples of database usage, which highlights eBAY for compelling context. In our new Query Optimization chapter, we cover database performance tuning concepts, index selectivity and SQL coding practices. There is added EERD coverage such as clusters and subtype discriminator attributes. With the authors? strong writing style and outstanding balance of theory and practice, this is just a small sampling of the improvements we have made to the new edition of Database Systems: Design, Implementation, and Management by Peter Rob and Carlos Coronel.

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About the Author:

Peter Rob has 32 years experience teaching file systems, database systems design, database design, database applications development, and more. Peter's real-world experience includes two years as a Director of Operations at an aviation chart company, 20 years as a consultant for hands-on operations systems analysis/development and database systems design, and 15 years experience as a statistical quality control systems analysis and systems/applications developer.

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Revised edition of a textbook that provides a comprehensive introduction to database management systems. Part 1 contains six chapters on database design concepts. Part 2 presents a detailed, real-world design case, in which the concepts of Part 1 are put to work. Part 3 covers database administration, transaction management, distributed databases, object orientation and the extended relational database, and client/server computing. Finally, Part 4 looks back at older database models. Includes a detailed glossary. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

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