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Database management systems / Raghu Ramakrishnan, Johannes Gehrke.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Dubuque, IA : McGraw-Hill, 2003.Edition: 3rd edDescription: xxxii, 1065 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0072465638
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 005.74 21
LOC classification:
  • QA76.9.D3 R237 2003
Contents:
Pt. I. Foundations -- 1. Overview of Database Systems -- 2. Introduction to Database Design -- 3. The Relational Model -- 4. Relational Algebra and Calculus -- 5. SQL: Queries, Constraints, Triggers -- Pt. II. Application Development -- 6. Database Application Development -- 7. Internet Applications -- Pt. III. Storage and Indexing -- 8. Overview of Storage and Indexing -- 9. Storing Data: Disks and Files -- 10. Tree-Structured Indexing -- 11. Hash-Based Indexing -- Pt. IV. Query Evaluation -- 12. Overview of Query Evaluation -- 13. External Sorting -- 14. Evaluating Relational Operators -- 15. A Typical Relational Query Optimizer -- Pt. V. Transaction Management -- 16. Overview of Transaction Management -- 17. Concurrency Control -- 18. Crash Recovery -- Pt. VI. Database Design and Tuning -- 19. Schema Refinement and Normal Forms -- 20. Physical Database Design and Tuning -- 21. Security and Authorization -- Pt. VII. Additional Topics -- 22. Parallel and Distributed Databases -- 23. Object-Database Systems -- 24. Deductive Databases -- 25. Data Warehousing and Decision Support -- 26. Data Mining -- 27. Information Retrieval and XML Data -- 28. Spatial Data Management -- 29. Further Reading -- 30. The Minibase Software.
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Vol info Status Date due Barcode
Main Long Main Long Martin Oduor-Otieno Library This item is located on the library Second Floor Non-fiction QA76.9.D3 R237 2003 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 18854/10 Available Z00036298

Includes bibliographical references (p. 1005-1044) and indexes.

Pt. I. Foundations -- 1. Overview of Database Systems -- 2. Introduction to Database Design -- 3. The Relational Model -- 4. Relational Algebra and Calculus -- 5. SQL: Queries, Constraints, Triggers -- Pt. II. Application Development -- 6. Database Application Development -- 7. Internet Applications -- Pt. III. Storage and Indexing -- 8. Overview of Storage and Indexing -- 9. Storing Data: Disks and Files -- 10. Tree-Structured Indexing -- 11. Hash-Based Indexing -- Pt. IV. Query Evaluation -- 12. Overview of Query Evaluation -- 13. External Sorting -- 14. Evaluating Relational Operators -- 15. A Typical Relational Query Optimizer -- Pt. V. Transaction Management -- 16. Overview of Transaction Management -- 17. Concurrency Control -- 18. Crash Recovery -- Pt. VI. Database Design and Tuning -- 19. Schema Refinement and Normal Forms -- 20. Physical Database Design and Tuning -- 21. Security and Authorization -- Pt. VII. Additional Topics -- 22. Parallel and Distributed Databases -- 23. Object-Database Systems -- 24. Deductive Databases -- 25. Data Warehousing and Decision Support -- 26. Data Mining -- 27. Information Retrieval and XML Data -- 28. Spatial Data Management -- 29. Further Reading -- 30. The Minibase Software.

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