Database Systems: Design, Implementation, and Management, Fifth Edition
Revised edition of a textbook that provides a comprehensive introduction to database management systems. Part 1 contains six chapters on database design concepts. Part 2 presents a detailed, real-world design case, in which the concepts of Part 1 are put to work. Part 3 covers database administration, transaction management, distributed databases, object orientation and the extended relational database, and client/server computing.  Finally, Part 4 looks back at older database models. Includes a detailed glossary. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.--This text refers to an alternateHardcoveredition.