PART IFOUNDATIONS
OVERVIEW OFDATABASE SYSTEMS
INTRODUCTION TODATABASE DESIGN
THE RELATIONAL MODEL
RELATIONAL ALGEBRAAND CALCULUS
SQL: QUERIES,CONSTRAINTS, TRIGGERS
PART IIAPPLICATION DEVELOPMENT
DATABASE APPLICATIONDEVELOPMENT
INTERNET APPLICATIONS
PART IIISTORAGE AND INDEXING
OVERVIEW OF STORAGEAND INDEXING
STORING DATA:DISKS AND FILES
TREE-STRUCTUREDINDEXING
HASH-BASED INDEXING
OVERVIEW OF QUERYEVALUATION
EXTERNAL SORTING
EVALUATING RELATIONALOPERATORS
A TYPICAL RELATIONALQUERY OPTIMIZER
OVERVIEW OF TRANSACTIONMANAGEMENT
CONCURRENCY CONTROL
CRASH RECOVERY
PART VIDATABASE DESIGN AND TUNING
SCHEMA REFINEMENT ANDNORMAL FORMS
PHYSICAL DATABASEDESIGN AND TUNING
SECURITY ANDAUTHORIZATION
PART VIIADDITIONAL TOPICS
PARALLEL ANDDISTRIBUTED DATABASES
OBJECT-DATABASESYSTEMS
DEDUCTIVE DATABASES
DATA WAREHOUSING ANDDECISION SUPPORT
DATA MINING
INFORMATION RETRIEVALAND XML DATA
SPATIAL DATAMANAGEMENT
FURTHER READING
THE MINIBASE SOFTWARE
REFERENCES
AUTHOR INDEX
SUBJECT INDEX

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.