A first course in database systems

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A first course in database systems

Jeffrey D. Ullman, Jennifer Widom

Pearson/Prentice Hall, c2008

3rd ed

  • : international ed

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"Pearson Education International"

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

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 accessible and succinct introduction to database systems focuses on database design and use. The authors provide in-depth coverage of databases from the point of view of the database designer, user, and application programmer, leaving implementation for later courses. It is the first database systems text to cover such topics as UML, algorithms for manipulating dependencies in relations, extended relational algebra, PHP, 3-tier architectures, data cubes, XML, XPATH, XQuery, XSLT. ? Supplements: ? Access Student and Instructor Resources at www.prenhall.com/ullman Author Website (Open Access) ? http://infolab.stanford.edu/~ullman/fcdb.html ? ?

Table of Contents

1. The Worlds of Database Systems. 2. Introduction to the Relational Model. 3. Relational Database Schema Design. 4. Higher-Level Models for Relational Design. PART II: RELATIONAL DATABASE PROGRAMMING. 5. Algebraic and Logical Query Languages. 6. The Database Language SQL. 7. SQL Constraints and Triggers. 8. SQL Indexes and Views. 9. SQL in a Service Environment. 10. Advanced Topics in SQL. Web Appendix A. More About Datalog. PART III: MODELING AND PROGRAMMING IN SEMISTRUCTURED-DATA MODELS. 11. Semistructured Data Models. 12. Query Languages for Semistructured Data.

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  • NCID
    BA86011274
  • ISBN
    • 9780136006374
    • 9780135021767
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Upper Saddle River, N.J.
  • Pages/Volumes
    xxi, 565 p.
  • Size
    24 cm
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