Database Management Systems [Import] [Hardcover]

Raghu Ramakrishnan (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 740 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education; 2Rev Ed edition (1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0072322063
• ISBN-13: 978-0072322064
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 7.4 x 1.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,236,166 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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15 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent introductional book w/ focus on design, February 13, 2001

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Christian Gleissner (Nürnberg, Germany) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Database Management Systems (Hardcover)

I compared this book with two other reference books (Date and Elmasri/Navathe). This book is the best of the three when it comes to presenting the whole database field with a special focus on the design of databases. The key differences to the other books I compared it with are that Date focuses much more on the relational model, whilst Elmasri/Navathe has many side-notes on Oracle and Access. This book by Ramakrishnan/Gehrke deals more with design aspects of databases and gives a broad, yet also somewhat deep introduction in this respect. It does not say much about any database systems on the market but focuses more on concepts. If you are specifically interested in database design, I would recommend getting an advanced book that deals with these issues. However, if you are looking for a general dbms reference book with a special focus on design, this is the best book on the market. Unlike other books (for instance Date), it is also written in a very effective manner and comes right to the point. This easy style is especially advantageous when it comes to more difficult topics such as normalization. Where others delight in formalization, this book actually explains. Solutions for half of the questions in the book can be downloaded from the author's website by anyone.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent for anyone who wants some DBMS knowledge, August 13, 2000

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Ganesh Oak - See all my reviews

This review is from: Database Management Systems (Hardcover)

This book covers all the aspects of a DBMS, from theory to practical usage. The internals are explained very well. The thing I liked most is that it covrs not only RDBMS, but also OODBMS, ORDBMS, XML, etc. which are emerging technologies. Since databases are the most critical part of any enterprise system, all the people in IT industry - from junior programmer to project managers - must read this book if they want to learn about databases.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Explains fundamental things about databases, December 16, 1999

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Alen Lovrencic (Varazdin, Croatia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Database Management Systems (Hardcover)

This book is good for engineers which work with databases. There are explained all aspects of databases. On the other hand, the book is not reccomended for those who are interested in theory of databases. There is no formal propositions or proves of anything in this book.