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This book is the acknowledged, authoritative guide to databases in all of their forms - PC, UNIX, and mainframe - a comprehensive reference on current database technology, architectures, an products that should find a place on every IS professional's bookshelf. Now in its second edition, it has been completely updated to include in-depth coverage of every major Internet-spawned database management development - from using Java and Visual Basic for database access to Web search engines and Web-connecting existing databases.
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780070499997
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies, The
  • Publication date: 9/1/1997
  • Series: Data Management Ser.
  • Edition number: 2
  • Pages: 666
  • Product dimensions: 7.36 (w) x 9.20 (h) x 1.91 (d)

Table of Contents

Contributors
Preface
Ch. 1 Introduction 1
Ch. 2 Introduction to Databases 13
Ch. 3 The Programming Profile 33
Ch. 4 Visual Basic, ODBC, and the Jet Engine 65
Ch. 5 Java and Database Access 91
Ch. 6 The Architecture Profile 119
Ch. 7 PC Architectures 141
Ch. 8 Traditional Architectures 165
Ch. 9 Relational Databases 189
Ch. 10 Object-Oriented Databases 219
Ch. 11 Star Schema Architecture 243
Ch. 12 OLAP, ROLAP, and DOLAP Systems 259
Ch. 13 Data Storage Management 277
Ch. 14 Enhanced Database Storage and Retrieval 317
Ch. 15 SMP, MPP, and NUMA Hardware Architectures 337
Ch. 16 The Administrative Profile 361
Ch. 17 Distribution (Replication, Clustering, and Multitiered Architectures) 397
Ch. 18 Database Design: Introduction 425
Ch. 19 Mapping and Performance Tuning 461
Ch. 20 Databases on the Internet and Intranet 509
Ch. 21 Web Page/Document Databases and Search Engines 527
Ch. 22 The Teradata Database 539
Ch. 23 The Oracle Database Environment 567
Ch. 24 The Informix Database Environment 599
Ch. 25 Red Brick Warehouse 5.0 627
Bibliography 645
Index 649
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