Database management systems /

Ramakrishnan, Raghu .

Database management systems / Raghu Ramakrishnan and Johannes Gehrke . - 3rd ed. - Boston : McGraw Hill , 2003 . - xxxii, 1065p.

Includes bibliographic references and index

Overview of data systems---Introduction to database design---the relational model---relational algebra and calculus---SQL: queries, constraints, triggers---database application development---internet applications---overview of storage and indexing---storing data; disks and files---tree structuring indexing---hash based indexing---query evaluation---overview of query evaluation--external sorting---evaluating relational operators---a typical relational query optimizer---transaction management---overview of transactional management---concurrency control---crash recovery---schema refinement and normal forms---physical database design and tuning---security and authorization---parallel and distributed databases---object database systems deductive databases---data warehousing and decision support---data mining---information retrieval and XML data---spatial data management---further reading---the minibase software


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Computer software industry
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Database management.

QA76.9 .D3 R36 2003

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