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A first course in database systems / Jeffrey D. Ullman and Jennifer Widom.

By: Ullman, Jeffrey D, 1942-.
Contributor(s): Widom, Jennifer.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Indianapolis, Ind. : London : Prentice Hall ; Pearson Education [distributor], 2008Edition: 3rd ed.Description: xxi, 565 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780136006374.Subject(s): Database management | Computing & information technology | Databases | Computers and ITDDC classification: 005.74 ULL Summary: Written by well-known computer scientists, this accessible introduction to database systems focuses on database design & use. The authors provide in-depth coverage of databases from the point of view of the database designer, user, & application programmer, leaving implementation for later courses.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

For Database Systems and Database Design and Application courses offered at the junior, senior, and graduate levels in Computer Science departments.

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Written by well-known computer scientists, this accessible and succinct introduction to database systems focuses on database design and use. The authors provide in-depth coverage of databases from the point of view of the database designer, user, and application programmer, leaving implementation for later courses. It is the first database systems text to cover such topics as UML, algorithms for manipulating dependencies in relations, extended relational algebra, PHP, 3-tier architectures, data cubes, XML, XPATH, XQuery, XSLT.

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Access Student and Instructor Resources at www.prenhall.com/ullman Author Website (Open Access) ¿ http://infolab.stanford.edu/~ullman/fcdb.html ¿

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Previous ed.: Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Prentice Hall, 2002.

Formerly CIP. Uk

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Written by well-known computer scientists, this accessible introduction to database systems focuses on database design & use. The authors provide in-depth coverage of databases from the point of view of the database designer, user, & application programmer, leaving implementation for later courses.

ITT Module DBMS61001

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • 1 The Worlds of Database Systems
  • 2 Introduction to the Relational Model
  • 3 Relational Database Schema Design
  • 4 Higher-Level Models for Relational Design
  • Part II Relational Database Programming
  • 5 Algebraic and Logical Query Languages
  • 6 The Database Language SQL
  • 7 SQL Constraints and Triggers
  • 8 SQL Indexes and Views
  • 9 SQL in a Service Environment
  • 10 Advanced Topics in SQL.Web
  • Appendix A More About Datalog
  • Part III Modeling and Programming In Semistructured-Data Models
  • 11 Semistructured Data Models
  • 12 Query Languages for Semistructured Data