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Covers the vast research literature and commercial advancements in the area of active database systems, providing developers, researchers, and other computer professionals with a comprehensive guide to the field. The volume begins with an introduction to the field of active database systems, followed by seven chapters that cover seven of the most prominent research projects in active database systems, four based on relational database systems and three based on object-oriented database systems. The projects covered are POSTGRES, Ariel, Starburst, A-RDL, Chimera, HiPAC, and Ode. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Active Database Systems: Triggers and Rules for Advanced Database Processing
by Jennifer WidomView All Available Formats & Editions
Active database systems enhance traditional database functionality with powerful rule-processing capabilities, providing a uniform and efficient mechanism for many database system applications. Among these applications are integrity constraints, views, authorization, statistics gathering, monitoring and alerting, knowledge-based systems, expert systems, and
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Active database systems enhance traditional database functionality with powerful rule-processing capabilities, providing a uniform and efficient mechanism for many database system applications. Among these applications are integrity constraints, views, authorization, statistics gathering, monitoring and alerting, knowledge-based systems, expert systems, and workflow management. This significant collection focuses on the most prominent research projects in active database systems. The project leaders for each prototype system provide detailed discussions of their projects and the relevance of their results to the future of active database systems.
Features:
- A broad overview of current active database systems and how they can be extended and improved
- A comprehensive introduction to the core topics of the field, including its motivation and history
- Coverage of active database (trigger) capabilities in commercial products
- Discussion of forthcoming standards
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- ISBN-13:
- 9781558603042
- Publisher:
- Elsevier Science
- Publication date:
- 09/28/1995
- Series:
- Morgan Kaufmann Series in Data Management Systems Series
- Edition description:
- New Edition
- Pages:
- 332
- Product dimensions:
- 7.21(w) x 9.28(h) x 0.95(d)
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