Designing Effective Database Systems

Name: Designing Effective Database Systems
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ISBN: 9780321290939

ISBN-10: 0321290933

ISBN-13: 9780321290939

Edition: 2005

Authors: Rebecca M. Riordan

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Even though most developers spend much of their programming time workingwith databases, many of them have never had any focused training on how todesign and build a database that works smoothly and is easy to use. RebeccaRiordan is a well-known authority on database design. Her intention in thisbook is to give the reader the knowledge needed to take a messy, complex, realworldsituation and turn it into an effective database design. This isn't a "howto program" book. While there are a few coding examples, even people whohave never programmed before should be able to follow them. Instead thebook is full of practical examples taken from real-world situations, andexplained without the use of…

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List price: $54.99
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Addison Wesley Professional
Publication date: 1/10/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 6.93" wide x 9.25" long x 0.87" tall
Weight: 1.584
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgments



Relational Database Theory



Basic Concepts


What Is a Database?


Database Tools


The Relational Model


Relational Terminology


The Data Model


Summary



Database Structure.Eliminating Redundancy


Ensuring Flexibility


Basic Principles


First Normal Form


Second Normal Form


Third Normal Form


Further Normalization


Summary



Relationships.Terminology


Modeling Relationships


One-to-One Relationships


One-to-Many Relationships


Many-to-Many Relationships


Unary Relationships


Ternary Relationships


Relationships of Known Cardinality


Summary



Data Integrity.Integrity Constraints


Implementing Data Integrity


Summary



Relational Algebra.Nulls and Three-Valued Logic (One More Time)


Relational Operations


Set Operators


Special Relational Operators


Summary



Dimensional Databas