Understanding Database Management: An Insider's Guide to Architectures, Products, and Design

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This practical guide offers a detailed examination of database architectures,including relational,pre-relational,distributed,and object-oriented designs. The book discusses the fine points of each architecture and explores the specific configurations of current database products offered on UNIX,mainframe,and PC platforms. It also outlines a methodology for the systematic appraisal of database products using a commonly definable set of profiles covering: architecture,programming issues,data storage ...
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This practical guide offers a detailed examination of database architectures,including relational,pre-relational,distributed,and object-oriented designs. The book discusses the fine points of each architecture and explores the specific configurations of current database products offered on UNIX,mainframe,and PC platforms. It also outlines a methodology for the systematic appraisal of database products using a commonly definable set of profiles covering: architecture,programming issues,data storage techniques,administration utilities,and distributed capabilities. Using this approach,readers will have a complete set of benchmarks for choosing the optimum system to meet their unique needs.

A practical guide offering a detailed examination of database architectures, including relational, pre-relational, distributed, and object-oriented designs. The book discusses the fine points of each architecture and explores the specific configurations of current database products offered on UNIX, mainframe, and PC platforms.

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Acknowledging that new demands on database systems are requiring a deeper knowledge of the growing number of database products, Mattison provides professionals in the field with a comprehensive, straightforward way of evaluating the many database products currently on the market, focusing on the creation of five commonly definable sets of characteristics or profiles--involving programming issues, architectures, data storage techniques, administration utilities, and distribution capabilities. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780070409736
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies, The
  • Publication date: 10/1/1992
  • Pages: 537
  • Product dimensions: 6.25 (w) x 9.34 (h) x 1.05 (d)

Table of Contents

Preface
Ch. 1 Introduction 1
An Industry in Transition 3
Four Worlds Converging 4
Purpose, Scope, and Organization 5
Database Products Included in the Research 6
Ch. 2 Introduction to Database 13
Different reasons to study databases 13
Ways of dealing with database problems 15
What is a Database? 19
The Profiles of a Database System 20
Ch. 3 The Programming Profile 33
External Processing and the Database 34
Internal Processing and the Database 55
Ch. 4 The Architecture Profile 69
Products and Architectures 69
Mapping and Architectures 85
Ch. 5 PC Architectures 89
Flat-File Databases 90
The PC-File Database 92
XBase Databases 97
dBASE III 99
SBase Databases 103
The DataEase Database 104
PC-Based Architecture Conclusions 109
Ch. 6 Traditional Architectures 111
Inverted List Databases 112
The ADABAS Database 115
The Hierarchical Architecture 119
The IMS Database 121
The Network Databases 126
CA-IDMS (Pre12.0) Database 129
Traditional Architecture Conclusion 133
Ch. 7 Relational Databases 135
The DB2 Database 148
The Informix Database 152
Database Programmability and Relational Databases 156
Relational Databases Conclusion 161
Ch. 8 Object-Oriented Databases 163
The Programming Profile of Object-Oriented Databases 164
The Objectivity/DB Database 177
Object-Oriented Databases Conclusions 184
Ch. 9 Hybrid/Proprietary Architectures 185
Hybrid Architectures 185
Propietary Architectures 188
Summarizing the Navigation Paradigms 195
Architecture Characteristics Recap 204
Ch. 10 Data Storage Management 207
Architectures and Storage Management 207
Closure on Access Methods 232
Ch. 11 The Administrative Profile 239
An Overview of Administration 239
Database Profiles Conclusion 271
Ch. 12 Distribution 273
Distributed Databases Overview 278
Database Products and Distributed Systems 290
Ch. 13 Database Design: Introduction 299
What Is the Design Process? 300
Conclusion: Conceptual Design 332
Ch. 14 Mapping and Performance Tuning 333
Physical Design 334
Relationship Assignment (Mapping) 339
Summary of Construct Design Using Models 349
Normalization 349
Physical Design (Construct Tuning) 354
Database Design Topics - Conclusion 377
Ch. 15 Conclusion 379
Appendix A: Database Products 391
Bibliography 528
Index 533
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