ISBN13: 9780470624708｜647 pages｜Hardcover｜©2012｜NT$1280
Author
Mark L. Gillenson
Description
This lean, focused text concentrates on giving students a clear understanding of database fundamentals while providing a broad survey of all the major topics of the field. The result is a text that is easily covered in one semester, and that only includes topics relevant to the database course.
Mark Gillenson, an associate editor of the Journal of Database Management, has 15 years experience of working with and teaching at IBM Corp. and 15 years of teaching experience at the college level. He writes in a clear, friendly style that progresses step-by-step through all of the major database topics. Each chapter begins with a story about a real company's database application, and is packed with examples. When students finish the text, they will be able to immediately apply what they've learned in business.
Table of Contents
CHAPTER 1 DATA: THE NEW CORPORATE RESOURCE 1
CHAPTER 2 DATA MODELING 19
CHAPTER 3 THE DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM CONCEPT 41
CHAPTER 4 RELATIONAL DATA RETRIEVAL: SQL 67
CHAPTER 5 THE RELATIONAL DATABASE MODEL: INTRODUCTION 105
CHAPTER 6 THE RELATIONAL DATABASE MODEL: ADDITIONAL CONCEPTS 137
CHAPTER 7 LOGICAL DATABASE DESIGN 157
CHAPTER 8 PHYSICAL DATABASE DESIGN 199
CHAPTER 9 OBJECT-ORIENTED DATABASE MANAGEMENT 247
CHAPTER 10 DATA ADMINISTRATION, DATABASE ADMINISTRATION, AND DATA DICTIONARIES 269
CHAPTER 11 DATABASE CONTROL ISSUES: SECURITY, BACKUP AND RECOVERY, CONCURRENCY 291
CHAPTER 12 CLIENT/SERVER DATABASE AND DISTRIBUTED DATABASE 315
CHAPTER 13 THE DATA WAREHOUSE 335
CHAPTER 14 DATABASES AND THE INTERNET 365
