Relational Database Design and Implementation / Edition 4

Relational Database Design and Implementation / Edition 4

by Jan L. Harrington
     
 

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ISBN-10: 0128043997

ISBN-13: 9780128043998

Pub. Date: 05/18/2016

Publisher: Elsevier Science

Relational Database Design and Implementation: Clearly Explained, Fourth Edition, provides the conceptual and practical information necessary to develop a database design and management scheme that ensures data accuracy and user satisfaction while optimizing performance.

Database systems underlie the large majority of business information systems.

Overview

Relational Database Design and Implementation: Clearly Explained, Fourth Edition, provides the conceptual and practical information necessary to develop a database design and management scheme that ensures data accuracy and user satisfaction while optimizing performance.

Database systems underlie the large majority of business information systems. Most of those in use today are based on the relational data model, a way of representing data and data relationships using only two-dimensional tables. This book covers relational database theory as well as providing a solid introduction to SQL, the international standard for the relational database data manipulation language.

The book begins by reviewing basic concepts of databases and database design, then turns to creating, populating, and retrieving data using SQL. Topics such as the relational data model, normalization, data entities, and Codd's Rules (and why they are important) are covered clearly and concisely. In addition, the book looks at the impact of big data on relational databases and the option of using NoSQL databases for that purpose.

  • Features updated and expanded coverage of SQL and new material on big data, cloud computing, and object-relational databases
  • Presents design approaches that ensure data accuracy and consistency and help boost performance
  • Includes three case studies, each illustrating a different database design challenge
  • Reviews the basic concepts of databases and database design, then turns to creating, populating, and retrieving data using SQL

Product Details

ISBN-13:
9780128043998
Publisher:
Elsevier Science
Publication date:
05/18/2016
Pages:
712
Sales rank:
748,696
Product dimensions:
7.60(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.60(d)

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Table of Contents

  1. The Database Environment
  2. Systems Analysis and Database Requirements
  3. Why Good Design Matters
  4. Entities and Relationships
  5. The Relational Data Model
  6. Normalization
  7. Database Structure and Performance Tuning
  8. Codd’s Rules for Relational Database Design
  9. Using SQL to Implement a Relational Design
  10. Using CASE Tools for Database Design
  11. Database Design Case Study #1: Mighty-Mite Motors
  12. Database Design Case Study #2: East Coast Aquarium
  13. Database Design Case Study #3: SmartMart
  14. Relational Algebra
  15. Simple SQL Retrieval
  16. Retrieving Data From More Than One Table
  17. Advanced Retrieval Operations
  18. Working with Groups of Rows
  19. Data Modification
  20. Concurrency Control
  21. Database Security
  22. Data Warehousing
  23. Data Quality
  24. XML
  25. Object-Relational Databases
  26. Relational Databases and “Big Data”: The Alternative of a NoSQL Solution

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