TY - BOOK AU - Ramakrishnan,Raghu AU - Gehrke,Johannes TI - Database management systems SN - 9780072465631 (pbk.) : AV - QA76.9.D3 R237 2002 U1 - 005.74 RAM PY - 2002/// CY - London PB - McGraw-Hill KW - Database management KW - Computers and IT KW - ukslc KW - Computer science KW - thema KW - Maintenance & repairs KW - Databases N1 - Previous ed.: Boston, Mass.: McGraw-Hill, 2000; Includes bibliographical references and index; 1.Overview of database systems -- 2.Introduction to database design -- 3.The relational model -- 4.Relational algebra and calculus -- 5.SQL queries, constraints, triggers -- 6.Database application development -- 7.Internet applications -- 8.Overview of storage and indexing -- 9.Storing data: disks and files -- 10.Tree-structured indexing -- 11.Hash-bash indexing -- 12.Overview of query evaluation -- 13.External sorting -- 14.Evaluating relational operators -- 15.A typical relational query optimizer -- 16.Overview of transaction management -- 17.Concurrency control -- 18.Crash recovery -- 19.Schema refinement and normal forms -- 20.Physical database design and tuning -- 21.Security and authorization -- 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.Spaital data management -- 29.Further reading -- 30.The minibase software N2 - Designed for an introductory database course, this text emphasises conceptual and physical database design and tuning. It also covers advanced topics that may be useful for further study ER -