Database Systems: The Complete Book (Paperback)

Jeffrey Ullman

ISBN 10: 129202447X / ISBN 13: 9781292024479

Published by Pearson Education Limited, Harlow, 2013

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Paperback. For Database Systems and Database Design and Application courses offered at the junior, senior and graduate levels in Computer Science departments. Written by well-known computer scientists, this introduction to database systems offers a comprehensive approach, focusing on database design, database use, and implementation of database applications and database management systems. The first half of the book provides in-depth coverage of databases from the point of view of the database designer, user, and application programmer. It covers the latest database standards SQL:1999, SQL/PSM, SQL/CLI, JDBC, ODL, and XML, with broader coverage of SQL than most other texts. The second half of the book provides in-depth coverage of databases from the point of view of the DBMS implementor. It focuses on storage structures, query processing, and transaction management. The book covers the main techniques in these areas with broader coverage of query optimisation than most other texts, along with advanced topics including multidimensional and bitmap indexes, distributed transactions, and information integration techniques. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Database Systems: The Complete Book (Paperback)
• Publisher: Pearson Education Limited, Harlow
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 129202447X
• ISBN 13: 9781292024479
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

For Database Systems and Database Design and Application courses offered at the junior, senior and graduate levels in Computer Science departments.

 

Written by well-known computer scientists, this introduction to database systems offers a comprehensive approach, focusing on database design, database use, and implementation of database applications and database management systems.

The first half of the book provides in-depth coverage of databases from the point of view of the database designer, user, and application programmer. It covers the latest database standards SQL:1999, SQL/PSM, SQL/CLI, JDBC, ODL, and XML, with broader coverage of SQL than most other texts. The second half of the book provides in-depth coverage of databases from the point of view of the DBMS implementor. It focuses on storage structures, query processing, and transaction management. The book covers the main techniques in these areas with broader coverage of query optimization than most other texts, along with advanced topics including multidimensional and bitmap indexes, distributed transactions, and information integration techniques.

 

Resources:

• Open access Author Website ¿http://infolab.stanford.edu/~ullman/dscb.html¿includes Power Point slides, teaching notes, assignments, projects, Oracle Programming Guidelines, and solutions to selected exercises.
• Instructor only Pearson Resources: Complete Solutions Manual (click on the Resources tab above to view downloadable files)