The book has been written to provide students an excellent grounding in database concepts and systems. The book has several illustrative examples, which have a logical link between them. Each set of examples helps build skills that will take the reader to the next set of examples, which in turn leads upwards until a strong programming foundation using ANSI SQL, the natural language of an RDBMS, has been established.
Topics covered in the book the purpose of database System: Basic database concepts entity relationships modeling: E. R. database schemas the relational model: relational algebra, tuple relational calculus structured query language: table fundamentals, ansi Sql statements (Ddl, Dml, Dql, Dcl), data constraints, the set operations, views sql transactions: reversing transactions, cursors-implicit and explicit concurrency controls: locking protocol, deadlock handling, locks query optimization: query executed, explain plan command relational database design: decomposition and normalizations other relevant advanced topics and applications Oracle forms: creating a data entry form via the forms builder Oracle reports: creating a report via the reports builder.
About the author
Ivan Bayross is an M.Tech in DBMS from Manchester University UK. He has spent more than 27 years in the software industry. He rose from the ranks in the IT industry, where he started as a programmer, moved up to C.I.O, and is now the Chairman and Technology lead, in a software development house at Mumbai, India. He specializes in multi tier, client / server, application development.
