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Database management systems / Raghu Ramakrishnan.

By: Publication details: Boston, Mass. : WCB/McGraw-Hill, c1998.Description: xxvi, 741 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0070507759 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 005.74 21
LOC classification:
  • QA76.9.D3 R237 1998
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Contents

Preface xix

1. Introduction to database Systems 1-18

2. The Relational Model 21-34

3. Storing Data; Disks and Files 38-61

4. Files Organizations and Indexes 67-81

5. Tree-Structured Indexing 84-110

6. Hash-Based Indexing 116-131

7. External Sorting 137-151

8.Relational Algebra and Calculus 154-177

9. SQL: The Query Language 181-218

10. Security, Views, and SQL 226-251

11.Query-by-Example( QBE) 255-267

12. Evaluation of Relational Operators 271-305

13. Relational Query Optimization 310-347

14. Conceptual Design and The ER Model 357-388

15. Schema Refinement and Normal Forms 395-429

16. Physical Database Design and Tuning 436-467

17. Concurrency Control 476-512

18. Crash Recovery 519-538

19. Parallel and Distributed Databases 544-580

20.Deductive and Active Databases 589-609

21. Object-Database Systems 614-644

22. Decision Support Systems 650-677

23. Additional Topics 682-690

A. The Minibase Software 692-695

References 697

Includes bibliographical references (p. 697-726) and index.

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