Database Systems The Complete Book - Softcover

Hector Garcia-Molina, Jennifer Widom, Jeffrey D. Ullman

Softcover

ISBN 10: 933251867X ISBN 13: 9789332518674

Publisher: Pearson India Education, 2013

Synopsis

Database Systems: The Complete Book is ideal for Database Systems and Database Design and Application courses offered at the junior, senior and graduate levels in Computer Science departments. A basic understanding of algebraic expressions and laws, logic, basic data structure, OOP concepts, and programming environments is implied. 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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pearson India Education
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 933251867X
• ISBN 13: 9789332518674
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 1139