Database Fundamentals

Livro digital

Título:
Database Fundamentals

Autor:
Neeraj Sharma et al.

Categoria:
Tecnologia > Dados

Doador:
Raffaello D. N.

Sinopse:
Database Fundamentals opens with the basic problem of what a database is, then moves through the evolution of database management systems, information models, and the relational model before building toward conceptual modeling and relational database design. The table of contents makes that progression explicit, from Chapter 1 on databases and information models to Chapter 4 on normalization and a three-part library management case study that threads the early theory into practice. The book then shifts into implementation, covering SQL schema definition, data manipulation, joins, set operations, grouping, subqueries, stored procedures, functions, and application access through embedded SQL, ODBC, JDBC, and pureQuery. It is a community-written IBM title by multiple authors, not a single-author narrative, and the outline shows a practical emphasis on how database ideas become working systems. Readers get a compact but substantial foundation in database thinking, relational design, and everyday SQL work, with enough depth to connect theory to real administrative and development tasks. Its value is in the sequence: model, design, query, extend, and integrate, making it a useful reference for anyone who needs a disciplined introduction to databases rather than a narrowly scoped SQL guide.