Database Systems: An Application Oriented Approach, Complete Version

by Michael Kifer, Philip M. Lewis, Arthur Bernstein, et al.

Book Overview

Designed for students learning databases for the first time, Database Systems: An Application Oriented Approach, Complete Version, Second Edition presents the principles underlying the design and implementation of databases and database applications. The second edition of the Complete Version is designed for use in either a one semester introductory database course, or a longer sequence covering advanced material on databases or transaction...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0321268458
• ISBN13: 9780321268457
• Release Date: March 2005
• Publisher: Pearson
• Length: 1280 Pages
• Weight: 4.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 7.6" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Great Introductory Text on Database Systems

This book is the required text for a graduate course in database systems. We covered about 80% of in the class. At well over 1000 pages, the book has a lot of information. The chapters are written well. A running case study is presented throughout this book as an example. Most of the chapters are easy to read although it does get dry at times. Some of the chapters were very complex and highly theoretical especially the one on normalization (chapter 6) which perhaps only academics will care to know enough about. Chapters on XML, database indices, query processing, distributed databases and data mining are excellent. This isn't a book you can read in a weekend. It will take a few months to read and assimilate all the concepts presented here but after you are done, you will have a very strong background in this area. Overall I enjoyed the book very much. A broad spectrum of topics with enough detail is provided. Highly recommended for novices and intermediate users alike.

Pretty good theory reference

The book goes into detail about several topics without being too advanced to understand. It constitues a decent reference to introductory Database Theory, but should not be used as a reference for more advanced topics or SQL queries themselves on working systems.

Highly Recommended

As a not-very-academic veteran software developer, I enjoyed this book immensely. In a clear and breezy manner it provides the academic underpinnings of what I've been doing in the corporate world for so long. And the breadth. In addition to the basics, topics such as ER Design, Object Databases, XML, Web Services and Data Mining are covered. Highly recommended.