Fundamentals Of Database Management Systems

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This lean, focused book concentrates on giving readers a clear understanding of database fundamentals while providing a broad survey of all the major topics of the field. The book is written in a clear, friendly style that progresses step-by-step through all of the major database topics. Each chapter begins with a story about a real company's database application, and is packed with examples. When readers finish the book, they will be able to immediately apply what they've learned in business. Table of contents : Preface

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· Data: The New Corporate Resource· Simple File Storage and Retrieval· Data Modeling· The Database Management System Concept· The Relational Database Model: Introduction· The Relational Database Model: Additional Concepts· Logical Database Design· Physical Database Design· Relational Data Retrieval: SQL· Object-Oriented Database Management· Data Administration, Database Administration, and Data Dictionaries· Database Control Issues: Security, Backup and Recovery, Concurrency· Client/Server Database and Distributed Database· The Data Warehouse· Database and the InternetIndex Market Description : · Business Professionals working with database· Students of Information Systems About Author : Mark Gillenson, associate editor of the Journal of Database Management, has 15 years experience of working with and teaching at IBM Corp. and 15 years of teaching experience at the college level. He is currently a Professor in Information Systems at University of Memphis where he teaches the Database Management course. Dr. Gillenson is the author of two other successful Wiley professional titles.