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Relational Databases explores the major advances in relational databases and provides a balanced analysis of the state of the art in relational databases. Topics covered include capture and analysis of data placement requirements; distributed relational database systems; data dependency manipulation...
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Pergamon Infotech,
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| Publisher Address: | Oxford [Oxfordshire] ; New York : |
| Publication Dates: |
[1986] ©1986 |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
State of the art report ;
14:5 |
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| Online Access: |
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780080340944 |
| Summary: |
Relational Databases explores the major advances in relational databases and provides a balanced analysis of the state of the art in relational databases. Topics covered include capture and analysis of data placement requirements; distributed relational database systems; data dependency manipulation in database schemata; and relational database support for computer graphics and computer aided design. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (ix, 470 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 441-458) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781483152912 148315291X |
| Index Number: | QA76 |
| CLC: | TP311.13 |
| Contents: |
Front Cover; Relational Databases: State of the Art Report; Copyright Page; Table of Contents ; Foreword; Publisher's note; Part I: Invited Papers; Chapter 1. INGRES/Distributed Database-meeting business needs; Current hardware developments; Current software developments; Current telecommunications developments; Recent developments in business management; Recent developments in DP management; Distributed processing and distributed database; INGRES-a relational application development environment; Distributed processing; Chapter 2. Relational is not enough; Introduction; The business need. Types of solutionThe ORACLE Corporation offerings; Conclusion; Chapter 3. Capture and analysis of data placement requirements; Introduction; Specification of load data; Use of FRACs; Generating the associativity matrix; Determining the order of placement of relations; Conclusions and extensions; Acknowledgements; Chapter 4. The IBM SQL/DS system; The SQL/DS environment; The history of SQL/DS; The components of SQL/DS; The productivity of SQL/DS for the DP professional; The productivity of SQL/DS for the business professional; SQL/DS applications; Summary of SQL/DS. Chapter 5. Tools for database design and programming- a new perspectiveIntroduction; An overview of database design tools; Objectives and architecture of SECSI; Knowledge representation; The conceptual modelling process; Conclusion; Further reading; Chapter 6. New frontiers in relational languages; Introduction; Overview of DEAL; Deductions; Functions and recursion; Operations on complex objects; 'Natural' language interface; Conclusion; Chapter 7. Distributed relational database systems; Introduction; Architecture of DDBMSs; Principles of DDBMSs; Examples of DDBs; Future development of DDBs Chapter 8. Secondary access methodsIntroduction; Problem variables; Multilist files; Inverted files; Doubly chained trees; Binary search trees; Quintary trees; The grid file; Index selection; Chapter 9. ADR/DATACOM/DB -the high-performance relational database management system; Introduction; DATACOM/DB structure; Creating a database; Master lists and user requirements tables; Programming for DATACOM/DB; Security and data integrity; Utility for system maintenance; Performance; Other DATACOM/DB features; User experience; Chapter 10. Intelligent knowledge-based systems and relational databases. IntroductionExtending database functionality by using IKBS techniques; Queries to knowledge bases and databases; IKBS and the user interface; Why not replace your database with a knowledge base?; Can IKBSs contribute anything to other database activities?; Conclusions; Chapter 11. IBM Database 2; Introduction; The relational approach; SQL-the relational language; SQL-dynamic data definition; SQL-data authorisation; SQL-the complete language; The application programming process; DB2 as a DBMS; Continuous operations; Exploitation of hardware and software technology. |