Begg's name appears first on the earlier edition.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 1054-1067) and index.

*Introduction to Databases *Database Environment *The Relational Model Database Planning, Design and Administration *Entity-Relationship Modelling *Normalization *Methodology - Logical database Design for the Relational Model *Methodology - Conceptual Database Design *Methodology - Physical Database Design for Relational Databases *Logical Database Design - Worked Example *Physical Database Design - Worked Example *SQL *Advanced SQL *Query-By-Example *Integrity and Security *Transaction Management *Distributed Database Systems *Object-Oriented Concepts Appendices Further Dependencies Overview of the Database Design Process Part V; System Implementation Principles and Techniques The System Catalogue Query Processing and Optimization Transaction Processing Concepts Concurreny Control Techniques Recovery Techniques Database Security and Authorization Part VI: Advanced Data Models Advanced Data Models Distributed and Client-Server Database Concepts Deductive Databases Emerging Database Technologies and Applications

This text includes material on distributed databases, object-oriented databases, data mining, data warehouses, multimedia databases and the Internet. It applies methodology to worked examples to enable students to design and build applications using a leading commercial database system. (International computer science series)