Relational database design clearly explained /

Fully revised and updated, Relational Database Design, Second Edition is the most lucid and effective introduction to relational database design available. Here, you'll find the conceptual and practical information you need to develop a design that ensures data accuracy and user satisfaction wh...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Harrington, Jan L
Corporate Authors: Elsevier Science & Technology
Published: Morgan Kaufmann Publishers,
Publisher Address: New York :
Publication Dates: 2002.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Edition: Second edition.
Subjects:
Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9781558608207
Summary: Fully revised and updated, Relational Database Design, Second Edition is the most lucid and effective introduction to relational database design available. Here, you'll find the conceptual and practical information you need to develop a design that ensures data accuracy and user satisfaction while optimizing performance, regardless of your experience level or choice of DBMS. Supporting the book's step-by-step instruction are three case studies illustrating the planning, analysis, and design steps involved in arriving at a sound design. These real-world examples include object-relational desi
Item Description: Includes index.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (xvi, 393 pages) : illustrations
ISBN: 9780080516066
0080516068
9781558608207
1558608206
Index Number: QA76
CLC: TP311.132.3
Contents: Entities and data relationships -- Historical antecedents -- The relational data model -- Normalization -- Database structure and performance tuning -- Codd's rules -- Integrating objects -- Using SQL to implement a relational design -- Using CASE tools for database design -- Database design case study #1 : Mighty-Mite Motors -- Database design case study #2 : East Coast Aquarium -- Database design case study #3 : Independent Intelligence Agency.