Business Database Systems
Published on 19. June 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
592 pages
978-1-4058-7437-3 (ISBN)
Description
Business Database Systems arms you with the knowledge to analyse, design and implement effective, robust and successful databases. This book is ideal for students of Business/Management Information Systems, or Computer Science, who will be expected to take a course in database systems for their degree programme. It is also excellently suited to any practitioner who needs to learn, or refresh their knowledge of, the essentials of database management systems.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Harlow
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Pearson Education Limited
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
Width: 190 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
860 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4058-7437-3 (9781405874373)
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Thomas Connolly | Richard Holowczak | Carolyn Begg
Business Database Systems
E-Book
02/2010
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Persons
The authors
Prof. Thomas Connolly is Chair of the ITCE in Education Research Group at the University of the West of Scotland, and Director of the Scottish Centre for Enabling Technologies. He is a winner of the British Design Award for his work on database systems.
Dr. Carolyn Begg is a lecturer in the School of Computing at the University of the West of Scotland where she teaches Business Database Systems, Advanced Business Systems, and Business Intelligence. Prof. Connolly and Dr. Begg are authors of the best-selling Database Systems which has sold over 1/4 million copies worldwide.
Dr. Richard Holowczak is Associate Professor of Computer Information Systems at Zicklin School of Business, City University of New York where he has taught courses on databases, business intelligence, security and financial information technologies since 1997. Dr. Holowczak is also director of the Wasserman Trading Floor / Subotnick Financial Services Centre.
Prof. Thomas Connolly is Chair of the ITCE in Education Research Group at the University of the West of Scotland, and Director of the Scottish Centre for Enabling Technologies. He is a winner of the British Design Award for his work on database systems.
Dr. Carolyn Begg is a lecturer in the School of Computing at the University of the West of Scotland where she teaches Business Database Systems, Advanced Business Systems, and Business Intelligence. Prof. Connolly and Dr. Begg are authors of the best-selling Database Systems which has sold over 1/4 million copies worldwide.
Dr. Richard Holowczak is Associate Professor of Computer Information Systems at Zicklin School of Business, City University of New York where he has taught courses on databases, business intelligence, security and financial information technologies since 1997. Dr. Holowczak is also director of the Wasserman Trading Floor / Subotnick Financial Services Centre.
Content
Part I - Background
1. Introduction
2.The Relational Model
3. SQL and QBE
4. The database system development lifecycle
Part II - Database Analysis and Design Techniques
5. Fact Finding
6. Entity-Relationship Modeling
7. Enhanced ER Modeling
8. Normalization
Part III - Database Design Methodology
9. Conceptual Database Design, Step 1
10. Logical Database Design, Step 2
11. Physical Database Design
Part IV - Current and Emerging Trends
12. Database administration and security
13. Professional, legal, and ethical issues in data management
14. Transaction Management
15. eCommerce and Database Systems
16. Distributed and Mobile DBMSs
17. Object DBMSs
18. Business Intelligence
Appendices
A The buyer user view for StayHome Online Rentals
B Second case study - Perfect Pets
C Alternative data modeling notations
D summary of the database design methodology
E Advanced SQL
F Guidelines for choosing indexes
G Guidelines for denormalization
H Object-oriented concepts
I Common data models
1. Introduction
2.The Relational Model
3. SQL and QBE
4. The database system development lifecycle
Part II - Database Analysis and Design Techniques
5. Fact Finding
6. Entity-Relationship Modeling
7. Enhanced ER Modeling
8. Normalization
Part III - Database Design Methodology
9. Conceptual Database Design, Step 1
10. Logical Database Design, Step 2
11. Physical Database Design
Part IV - Current and Emerging Trends
12. Database administration and security
13. Professional, legal, and ethical issues in data management
14. Transaction Management
15. eCommerce and Database Systems
16. Distributed and Mobile DBMSs
17. Object DBMSs
18. Business Intelligence
Appendices
A The buyer user view for StayHome Online Rentals
B Second case study - Perfect Pets
C Alternative data modeling notations
D summary of the database design methodology
E Advanced SQL
F Guidelines for choosing indexes
G Guidelines for denormalization
H Object-oriented concepts
I Common data models