An Introduction To Database Systems

Description
An introduction to database systems provides a comprehensiveintroduction to the very large field of database systems. Itfurnishes a solid grounding in the foundations of databasetechnology, while shedding some light on how the field is likely todevelop in the future. This edition has been expanded and rewrittento stay current with database system trends and developments, however the overall emphasis remains on insight and understanding, and not just on formalisms.
 

• SQL coverage has been upgraded to the level of current standard.
• Provides exceptionally strong and expanded coverage of the relational model.
• Material on types or domains has been expanded for wider coverage.
• Chapter 9 on Integrity has been completely rewritten for better understanding.
• Chapter 15 on Recovery and Chapter 16 on Concurrency provides extensive details.
• Includes careful analysis of some unorthodox conclusions regarding the ACID properties of transactions.
• Chapter 20 on Type Inheritance and chapter 23 on ...