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Foster, Elvis C.

Database systems : a pragmatic approach / Elvis C. Foster - Boca Raton : CRC Press, 2023. - xxv, 595 p.

I. Preliminary Topics
1. Introduction to Database Systems
2. The Database System Environment

II. The Relational Database Model
3. The Relational Model
4. Integrity Rules and Normalization
5. Database Modeling and Design
6. Database User Interface Design
7. Relational Algebra
8. Relational Calculus
9. Reflective Look at the Relational Model

III. Structured Query Language (SQL)
10. Overview of SQL
11. SQL Definition Statements
12. SQL Data Manipulation Statements
13. Logical Views and Security
14. The System Catalog
15. Some Limitations of SQL

IV. Advanced Topics
16. Database Administration
17. Distributed Database Systems
18. Object Databases
19. Data Warehousing and Information Extraction
20. Web-Accessible Databases
21. Using Relational Databases to Anchor Management support Systems

V. Overview of Contemporary DBMS Suites and Technologies
22. Overview of Oracle
23. Overview of DB2
24. Overview of MySQL
25. Overview of SQL Server
26. Other Emerging Database Methodologies

VI. Appendices
A. Review of Trees
B. Review of Hashing
C. Review of Information Gathering Techniques
D. BNF Syntax for Selected SQL Statements
E. Sample Exercises and Examination Questions

ISBN: 9781032202020

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Database management
Database design

Dewey Class. No.: 004.21 / FOS