- Hardcover: 713 pages
- Publisher: Boyd & Fraser Pub Co; 2nd New edition edition (June 1995)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0789500523
- ISBN-13: 978-0789500526
- Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 18.8 x 3.6 cm
- Shipping Weight: 1.3 Kg
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
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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.
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"This book is appealing because of its comprehensiveness and state-of-the-art coverage of database topics. The examples used to explain concepts in each chapter are very realistic and useful for students." - Dr. Sudha Ram, University of Arizona
"Rob and Coronel have improved an already excellent text. This comprehensive text on database systems is a perfect fit for both undergraduate and graduate level introductory courses on database systems. The 6th edition offers new material on advanced SQL and data models, and maintains a wide range of application with multiple DBMS vendors. It is an ideal text for teaching relational and object-relational theory, and introducing students to transactional and decision support database environments. Students benefit greatly from the balance between theory and application presented in the text." - Samuel Conn, Regis University School for Professional Studies --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
"Rob and Coronel have improved an already excellent text. This comprehensive text on database systems is a perfect fit for both undergraduate and graduate level introductory courses on database systems. The 6th edition offers new material on advanced SQL and data models, and maintains a wide range of application with multiple DBMS vendors. It is an ideal text for teaching relational and object-relational theory, and introducing students to transactional and decision support database environments. Students benefit greatly from the balance between theory and application presented in the text." - Samuel Conn, Regis University School for Professional Studies --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Best DB Design and DB Theory book on the market!!!!,
By "caotk23" (Arlington, TX United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Database Systems: Design, Implementation, and Management, Fifth Edition (Hardcover)
This book is top notch...I've read many DB design books, but this one took the cake..When I took my database design class at my university, the professor was great, but the book was even BETTER!!!! I never knew about "normalizing data" until I saw this book and took the class!!! The theory, concepts, examples, and illustrations are 5-star quality!! I still use this book today, and its more than a year passed now, when I need to look up or refresh myself on a concept...Excellent learning tool, as well as a great reference for DB design....Only one problem, the book is "big" in size!!! Get it IF you can!!!
5.0 out of 5 stars
Best book on database design,
By Mario Missakian (Baltimore, MD United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Database Systems: Design, Implementation, and Management, Fifth Edition (Hardcover)
If you are taking a college level course in the fundamentals of database design and you are having a hard time understanding what your professor is talking about, then this textbook is a must. Your professor might cover the topics in a difference sequence, but you could very easily find your way around in this textbook. It covers all the basics of relational design (which is the topic most colleges teach) in an excellent manner. It is full of textual examples coupled with graphical representations. No need to get the latest edition. Even an older one would do. Have fun with databases.
3.0 out of 5 stars
Comprehensive, but perhaps too much so,
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This review is from: Database Systems: Design, Implementation, and Management, Fifth Edition (Hardcover)
First let me just say I liked this book. Why? Because it is a pretty IT book with useful and informative color screenshots and illustrations that are explanatory. It is of course both fortunate and unfortunate that the author uses screenshots of MS Access databases almost exclusively.I do wish the author had spent more time discussing web-database application integration. Also, he only used Coldfusion (the most expensive variety) to illustrate web-database interactivity. This is great for learning some basic Coldfusion tagging, but how about something useful for small-time web hosters and others who want to use PHP, which is not only free but more powerful than Coldfusion. Ah well. This book is very large in height - you'll see what I mean when you pick it up. The sections on ER diagramming, SQL, normalization, and design are top notch. However when the book gets into the later chapters, and covers more difficult subjects such as distributed database apps, transactional databases and Internet-related topics the coverage becomes a little weak. He does give a fine overview of all the topics presented however and the book is not totally boring to read either. The author is very lucid. I recommend this book as an introductory text on databases but nothing more.
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