A first course in database systemsUpplaga 1

Written by two well-known computer scientists, this concise introduction to Database Systems offers an accessible, user-oriented approach. It covers the latest database standards - OQL, ODL, SQL2, and SQL3 - with detailed explanations of how to use ODL and E/R to design databases. The book also features excellent coverage of SQL with more depth than most other texts. The aim of this book is to cover the material most useful to the majority of database students - databases from the point of view of the database designer, user, and application programmer. It focuses on database design, use, and implementation of database applications. It does not cover the implementation of database management systems. The book is suitable for advanced undergraduates and beginning MS or Ph. D. students. Features and Benefits The ER model and OO standard ODL are covered and contrasted as tools for the design of database systems. Comprehensive coverage of all aspects of SQL programming. Highly readable presentation with excellent real world examples. Explains object-oriented and object-relational database programming with coverage of the OO standard OQL and object-oriented features of SQL3. Covers advanced database programming including integrity constraints, assertions, triggers, and recursion in SQL3. Text is supported with additional teaching materials available from the authors web site- http-//www-db.stanford.edu/~ullman/fcdb.html