Database Technology and Applications

Author: Gao Yang
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Publish Date: 2003-11-01
Features: The book has a well-structured layout, clear concepts, and lucid explanations of principles. It emphasizes both the introduction of fundamental principles and technologies, as well as practical applications, effectively combining theory with practice. The content is up-to-date and highly readable. This book is primarily intended as a textbook for database courses in information management and information systems at universities and colleges. It can also be used as a textbook for undergraduate students in business management and other non-computer engineering disciplines. Additionally, it serves as a reference book or training manual for engineering and technical personnel, as well as managers, involved in information system development and maintenance. The book provides a detailed introduction to the fundamental principles, methods, practical techniques, and development examples of database technology. It follows a structure of theory - application - extension. Chapters 1 to 7 cover the theoretical part, focusing on the basic theories of relational databases, including fundamental concepts of databases and relational databases, data models, relational models, relational algebra, functional dependencies, normal forms and normalization methods, the standard relational database language SQL, relational database design methods and design examples, database physical storage media and storage structures, database security controls, integrity constraints, concurrency control, and database recovery. Chapters 8 to 9 cover practical applications, introducing representative database management systems (Oracle) and front-end development tools (PB) along with their development examples. Chapters 10 to 13 discuss new developments and trends in database technology. The book has a well-structured layout, clear concepts, and lucid explanations of principles. It emphasizes both the introduction of fundamental principles and technologies, as well as practical applications, effectively combining theory with practice. The content is up-to-date and highly readable. This book is primarily intended as a textbook for database courses in information management and information systems at universities and colleges. It can also be used as a textbook for undergraduate students in business management and other non-computer engineering disciplines. Additionally, it serves as a reference book or training manual for engineering and technical personnel, as well as managers, involved in information system development and maintenance.