Database Management Systems

Features

• Cover Type: Hard Cover with 1104 pages
• Published by: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math
• Edition: 3rd Edition August 14, 2002
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0072465638
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0072465631
• Book Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.2 x 1.6 inches
• Weighs: 4.1 pounds

Product Description
Database Management Systems provides comprehensive and up-to-date coverage of the basics of database systems. Coherent explanations and practical examples have made this one of the leading texts in the field. The third edition continues in this tradition, enhancing it with more practical material.

The new edition has been reorganized to allow more flexibility in the way the course is taught. Now, instructors can easily choose whether they would like to teach a course which emphasizes database application development or a course that emphasizes database systems issues. New overview chapters at the beginning of parts make it possible to skip other chapters in the part if you don't want the detail.

More applications and examples have been added throughout the book, including SQL and Oracle examples. The applied flavor is further enhanced by the two new database applications chapters.

Reader Reviews
This review is from: Database Management Systems (Hardcover) A few years back, I created a special-purpose, custom-built, high-speed relational DBMS using just this book and general computer science knowledge. Darn thing blew the socks off more general purpose solutions and was very stable even after a crash. The book covers access methods, indexing, logging, crash recovery and other basics. If you want to know how database systems are built at the nuts & bolts level, this is for you. If you want to know how to use a database system, or how to design an application database then this is not your book; choose a "user-level" book instead. If you want to know about the latest research directions, then pass on this one as well since it only covers the tried & true basics.