This work is intended for introductory database courses that cover the design and implementation of relational databases using database activities to reinforce theories. Among the cases and examples, there is an ongoing case concerning Air-West Airlines, to better depict the advantages of the relational model. The text balances two approaches for teaching database management. Mainframe and microcomputer database systems are represented equally.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Great Textbook for Database Management Classes,
By Michelle Rosenaur (rosenaur@rosenaur.com) (Chicago, IL, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Database Systems: Concepts, Management, and Applications (Dryden Press Series in Information Systems) (Hardcover)
I used this book as the textbook for my Effective Database Management class and one student wrote in his evaluation that the book was his favorite thing about the class! It's hard to find a comprehensive book on database management and I think the authors did an excellent job of providing an overview of such topics as database design, security, database administration, etc. The summaries and questions at the end of each chapter are very helpful, as well. The authors include an airline reservation as their sample database application. For their next edition, I suggest that the authors include a sample application that is more generic, such as a sales and and marketing application. Then they could expand the data warehouse section to show how an OLTP (online transaction processing) system differs from an OLAP (online analytical processing) system, although they both are using the same data. The authors may also consider a chapter on Web-enabling a database and an introduction to data mining.
2.0 out of 5 stars
Difficult to read, not for beginners,
By luvbuniz (Las Vegas, NV) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Database Systems: Concepts, Management, and Applications (Dryden Press Series in Information Systems) (Hardcover)
I was given this book for my Database Management Class. I found as a beginner it was full of jargon and therefore difficult to read. It was rather overwhelming and confusing.
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