For courses in database systems and computer science. This text goes beyond the relational coverage of a typical first course in databases. Dietrich and Urban include object-oriented conceptual data modeling, object oriented databases, and databases and the Web. Topic coverage is in-depth and accessible to undergraduates as well as graduate CS students. Teachers can select the topics that best fit their course.
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An Advanced Course in Database Systems goes beyond the relational database coverage of a typical first course and offers readers a carefully researched set of topics specifically designed for a second course in database systems: object-oriented conceptual data modeling, object-oriented databases, object-relational databases, arid databases and the Web, The target audience of the book is anyone who understands relational database technology, including both undergraduate and graduate students, as well as the database professional. The book bridges the gap between the UML and EER abject-oriented conceptual data models, guiding the reader through the latest technological advances ire object databases and the integration of databases and the World-Wide Web.
SUGNIFICANT FEATURES- Provides detailed coverage of UML class diagrams including a comparative analysis with EER diagrams.
- Establishes the foundation far object-oriented and object-relational concepts by offering in-depth coverage of the Object Data Standard.
- Gives comprehensive coverage of advanced relational and object-relational features of the SQL standard.
- Includes mapping of UML and EER diagrams to the relational, object-oriented and object-relational data models.
- Presents in-depth coverage of JDBC as an example call-level interface to SQL databases.
- Covers XML and databases, including DTDs, XML Schema and data exchange.
- Provides case study implementations of the same database enterprise in relational (Oracle). object-relational (Oracle) and object-oriented (Objectivity/DB) databases.
About the Author
SUZANNE W. DIETRICH is an associate professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Arizona State University. Her current research focuses on the application of active, declarative and object-oriented database technology to designing event-based enterprise applications by integrating distributed components using rules. Dr. Dietrich's research has been supported by grants from the National Science Foundation, including the investigation of active rule processing and the development of novel approaches to undergraduate database education. She has numerous publications and is the author of Understanding Relational Database Query Languages (Prentice Hall 2001).
SUSAN D. URBAN is a professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Arizona State University. Her research interests include object-oriented data modeling as well as event, rule, and transaction processing for enterprise application integration. Dr. Urban has been the recipient of several research grants from the National Science Foundation for her research on constraints, active rule processing, the use of databases in engineering design, and the development of innovative teaching concepts for database instruction. She has published numerous refereed papers and book chapters on the results of her research.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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Excellent book for Relational, OR and OO databases,
This review is from: An Advanced Course in Database Systems: Beyond Relational Databases (Paperback)
This is an excellent book for beginners to understand the important concepts in relational, object relational and oo databases. ER,UML and XML are introduced and used at an appropriate level, as well as SQL and ODMG standard. A rich set of examples are given and they are easy to understand. I especially like the case study chapter which gives very detailed application design on relational and or using oracle, and oo using Objectivity. The book website is great source for example details and other sources related to the topic. Overall, it's a great book on relational, or and oo databases with detailed examples to assit gaining hands-on experiences.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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Great book for beginners!,
This review is from: An Advanced Course in Database Systems: Beyond Relational Databases (Paperback)
Before I read this book, I only know something about relational db and ER modeling. This book tells me a lot beyond that including UML modeling, XML, Object-oriented db, and some advanced SQL features etc. Compared with other similar books, this book presents these techniques very clearly and it provides a lot of figures and examples, so it's very easy to follow.
3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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This is one of the worst books I have ever read!,
This review is from: An Advanced Course in Database Systems: Beyond Relational Databases (Paperback)
I honestly don't know how they can seriously think this book is worth the asking price, I wouldn't waste the time on it if it were free. The only reason I bought it was because it was a requirement for a course I was taking, that is most likely the only way they will ever sell many copies. It is inconsistent in many places, none of the examples (what few there are) flow together in a consistent manner. Many topics are barely touched on, with no real detail and many with no examples that make sense. I have never reviewed a book before, but felt compelled to do so in this case. This is absolutely the worst experience I have ever had with a book. For the life of me, I can't figure out how any school/professor that even glanced through this book would select it as a required text. Perhaps they get kickbacks? ;-)
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