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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 005.74
EAN: 9780072465631
Edition: 3
ISBN: 0072465638
Label: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 1104
Publication Date: August 14, 2002
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math
Studio: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math

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Editorial Review:

Product Description:
Database Management Systems provides comprehensive and up-to-date coverage of the fundamentals of database systems. Coherent explanations and practical examples have made this one of the leading texts in the field. The third edition continues in this tradition, enhancing it with more practical material.

The new edition has been reorganized to allow more flexibility in the way the course is taught. Now, instructors can easily choose whether they would like to teach a course which emphasizes database application development or a course that emphasizes database systems issues. New overview chapters at the beginning of parts make it possible to skip other chapters in the part if you don't want the detail.

More applications and examples have been added throughout the book, including SQL and Oracle examples. The applied flavor is further enhanced by the two new database applications chapters.




Rating: - Buy it as a course book
I used it to study for a senior-year DB course and one of the authors taught the course. Maybe it was because the author was teaching from the book, but I must say my DB concepts have never been clearer. I love the sections on indices, query optimization, buffer management. I did not like the section dealing with normalization. I think normal forms are handled better in other books. But overall, I would recommend this book.

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Rating: - Terrible textbook
If this is the third edition, I'd hate to see the first two. This book is unclear and full of typos. Here's a characteristic sentence, the first one in the book: "The amount of information available to us is literally exploding, and the value of data as an organizational asset is widely recognized." I'm sure the editor's ears are literally burning for letting that howler out.

There are many other books out that are suitable for an intro to databases course. This book is coming up ... Read More

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Rating: - It's a good book for databases, but don't expect more
A lot of the reviews on here are negatively critiquing this book for what I feel are the wrong reasons. I used this book for a senior University course, and it covered the material, and did so well, and to a good level of detail. It gives great coverage on the theoretical level and decent coverage on the details/practical level. I taught myself the whole course using the textbook references to this book (I had an attendance problem), and did fine in the course. Just be sure that your expectations ... Read More

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Rating: - Most confusing book I've ever read
This book totally lacks clarity, doesn't explain anything properly. I had tough time using this book for my graduate school. Like if it wasn't enough, my prof used the lecture slides made by the book authors, and they were equally miserable. The problem with this book is that, it is too ambiguous in explaining the concepts, lacks concrete practical examples most of the time, leaves you dazed how many ever times you read it. Perhaps no one except the author himself can understand what is being said.
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Rating: - Great, practical book on basic DB internals
A few years back, I created a special-purpose, custom-built, high-speed relational DBMS using just this book and general computer science knowledge. Darn thing blew the socks off more general purpose solutions and was very stable even after a crash. The book covers access methods, indexing, logging, crash recovery and other basics.

If you want to know how database systems are built at the nuts & bolts level, this is for you. If you want to know how to use a database system, or how to design ... Read More

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