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Description For Database Systems and Database Design and Application coursesoffered at the junior, senior and graduate levels in ComputerScience departments. Written by well-known computer scientists,this introduction to database systems offers a comprehensiveapproach, focusing on database design, database use, andimplementation of database applications and database managementsystems. The first half of the book provides in-depth coverage ofdatabases from the point of view of the database designer, user,and application programmer. It covers the latest database standardsSQL: 1999, SQL/PSM, SQL/CLI, JDBC, ODL, and XML, with broadercoverage of SQL than most other texts. The second half of the bookprovides in-depth coverage of databases from the point of view ofthe DBMS implementor. It focuses on storage structures, queryprocessing, and transaction management. The book covers the maintechniques in these areas with broader coverage of queryoptimization than most other texts, along with advanced topicsincluding multidimensional and bitmap indexes, distributedtransactions, and information integration techniques. For Sale in Indiansubcontinent only Many real-world examples. Extensive treatment of database modeling?Includes detailed and separate explanations of how to use E/R and ODL to design databases. Excellent, up-to-date and detailed coverage of SQL?Includes coverage of object-relational systems and many aspects of the new SQL:1999 standard. Discussion of the technologies used to connect database programming with C or Java code?Includes discussions of SQL/PSM, SQL/CLI, and JDBC. Coverage of advanced issues important to database designers and users. Discussions of how to successfully plan a database application before building it. Coverage of topics such as designing storage structures and implementing a variety of indexing schemes. Extensive coverage of query processing and optimization. Comprehensive coverage of transaction processing mechanisms for concurrency