Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 685 pages
- Published by: MORGAN KAUFMANN PUBLISHING
- Edition: 3rd Edition July 15, 1998
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 1558605231
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-1558605237
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Book Dimensions:
10.9 x 8.5 x 1.4 inches
- Weighs: 3.6 pounds
Book Description
Readings in Database Systems, 3rd Edition is the most up-to-date compilation of papers to explore DBMS applications which were first published in the now classic "Red Book" in 1988. Dr. Stonebraker and Dr. Hellerstein have selected a spectrum of papers on the roots of the field, which include classic papers from the ‘70’s on the relational model to timely discourses on future directions. This new streamlined edition includes 46 papers that cover much of the significant research and development in the database field, organized by area of technology.
Expert introductory analysis of each section topic of the book is provided by leaders of the DBMS field along with a discussion of each reading.
From the Preface: "The main purpose of this collection is to present a technical context for research contributions and to make them accessible to anyone who is interested in database research. This book is intended as an introduction for students and professionals wanting an overview of the field. It is also designed to be a reference volume for anyone already active in database systems. This set of readings represents what we perceive to be the most important issues in the database area: the core material for any DBMS professional to study."
* Third edition is completely revised and streamlined to include the most significant new and classic papers along with introductory materials
* Coverage spans the entire field of database, including relational implementation, transaction management, distributed database, parallel database, objects and databases, data analysis, and benchmarking
* Offers a new section on objects and databases including selections on object oriented databases as well as Object-Relational databases
* Lecture notes available on Morgan Kaufmann Web Site updated by the authors to include each paper
* The definitive book on DBMS applications
Book Info
The most topical compilation of papers to explore DBMS applications since the now classic - RED BOOK - was published in 1988, the purpose of which is to present a technical context for research contributions & make them accessible to anyone who is interested in database research. Paper. DLC: Database management.
Reader Reviews
This review is from: Readings in Database Systems, 4th Edition (Paperback)
The book is an outstanding compilation of influential database papers in the database world. Most of the papers are readable for a senior undergraduate audience, or a graduate audience, but probably not for a first course in database systems, simply because students would need a decent understanding of database principles to fully appreciate the contents of this book. In particular, I like the introductory commentary that Hellerstein and Stonebraker provide for each of the chapters. These are very nice summaries, and they also provide a teaser for the papers that follow in the chapter, and they justify why those papers were included. Both of the editors have the background to speak authoritatively on the subject of database systems, including OS, network, and architectural issues. The editors are not afraid to make prophetic comments about the direction of database research, and the challenges ahead, especially with respect to the Internet and the explosion of data. I love the two introductory papers by Stonebraker and Hellerstein: "What Goes Around Comes Around" (about forty pages), and "Anatomy of a Database System" (about 50 pages). The first is a summary of the major models of a DBMS: hierarchical, network, and relational; followed by other models of a DBMS, database, or data: entity-relationship, extended relational, semantic, object-oriented, object-relational, and semi-structured (XML). I intend to give this paper as a reading assignment to my senior undergrads (part of a 2nd database course). The Anatomy paper is a wonderful overview of a DBMS from a systems perspective (e.g., buffering, I/Os, threads, dispatching, bottlenecks, hardware architectures, parallelism, query rewriting, optimization, etc.) I'll have to see how this paper fits into the scheduling of the course topics before assigning it, since many of its topics require an understanding of both systems and database principles for full appreciation. This book is definitely a keeper on my shelf. I'll revisit it many times.
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