TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ramakrishnan,Raghu
TI  - Database Management Systems
SN  - 0070507759
AV  - QA76.9.D3 R237 1998
PY  - 1998///
CY  - Boston, Mass.
PB  - WCB/McGraw-Hill
KW  - Database management
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 697-726) and index; Introduction to database systems; introduction to relational models; storing data - disks and files; introduction to file organization; tree-structured indexing; hash-based indexing; external sorting; relational algebra and calculus; SQL - the query language; creating and modifying relations in SQL; security and views; query-by-example (QBE); implementation of relational operations; relational query optimization; conceptual database design and the ER model; schema refinement and normal forms for relations; physical database design and tuning; concurrency control; crash recovery and transaction rollback; parallel and distributed databases; deductive and active databases; object-oriented and object-relational databases; decision support - data warehousing, OLAP and data mining
N2  - This introductory database text uses a hands-on approach to relational database systems, and emphasizes both conceptual and physical database design and tuning. It also covers advanced topics which can be used for a second course on databases
ER  -