Database Systems : Models,Languages,Design and Application Programming

by Ramez Elmasri, Shamkant B. Navathe

Clear explanations of theory and design, broad coverage of models and real systems, and an up-to-date introduction to modern database technologies result in a leading introduction to database systems. With fresh new problems and a new lab manual, students get more opportunities to practice the fundamentals of design and implementation. More real-world examples serve as engaging, practical illustrations of database concepts. The Fifth Edition maintains its coverage of the most popular database topics, including SQL, security, data mining, and contains a new chapter on web script programming for databases.

Genres: Computer Science, Nonfiction

Kindle Edition

First published June 11, 2010

About the author

Dr. Elmasri is Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at The University of Texas at Arlington. Dr. Elmasri received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Alexandria University, Egypt, in 1972. He completed his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science at Stanford University in 1980.

Reviews

[Thomas · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very comprehensive book. Maybe examples are focusing too much on Oracle (instead of open source RDBMS like PostgreSQL or MySQL).