A First Course in Database Systems / Edition 3

by Jeffrey Ullman, Jennifer Widom

Overview

For Database Systems and Database Design and Application courses offered at the junior, senior, and graduate levels in Computer Science departments.

Written by well-known computer scientists, this accessible and succinct introduction to database systems focuses on database design and use. The authors provide in-depth coverage of databases from the point of view of the database designer, user, and application programmer, leaving implementation for later courses. It is the first database systems text to cover such topics as UML, algorithms for manipulating dependencies in relations, extended relational algebra, PHP, 3-tier architectures, data cubes, XML, XPATH, XQuery, XSLT.

Supplements:

• Access Student and Instructor Resources at www.prenhall.com/ullman

• Author Website (Open Access) http://infolab.stanford.edu/~ullman/fcdb.html

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780136006374
Publisher:	Pearson Education
Publication date:	09/26/2007
Series:	GOAL Series
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	600
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 9.40(h) x 1.40(d)

Table of Contents

1. The Worlds of Database Systems.

2. Introduction to the Relational Model.

3. Relational Database Schema Design.

4. Higher-Level Models for Relational Design.

PART II: RELATIONAL DATABASE PROGRAMMING.

5. Algebraic and Logical Query Languages.

6. The Database Language SQL.

7. SQL Constraints and Triggers.

8. SQL Indexes and Views.

9. SQL in a Service Environment.

10. Advanced Topics in SQL.

Web Appendix A. More About Datalog.

PART III: MODELING AND PROGRAMMING IN SEMISTRUCTURED-DATA MODELS.

11. Semistructured Data Models.

12. Query Languages for Semistructured Data.

Editorial Reviews

Designed for a one-semester advanced-undergraduate or beginning- graduate course introducing database design, programming, and other aspects that will be elaborated in further courses for computer- science students. Assumes a sophomore-level knowledge of data structures, algorithms, discrete math, software systems and engineering, and programming languages. Support is available on the World Wide Web. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Booknews

Stanford University instructors produced a pair of textbooks for their two undergraduate or beginning-graduate database introduction courses. This one is for students who will only use databases; the second is for those who will implement them. They recommend that readers who intend to do both buy , which combines the two textbooks. Students are expected to have taken sophomore-level classes in data structures, algorithms, discrete mathematics, software systems, software engineering, and programming languages. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)