The Object Database Handbook: How to Select, Implement, and Use Object-Oriented Databases [Paperback]

Douglas K. Barry (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0471147184 | ISBN-13: 978-0471147183 | Publication Date: May 21, 1996

The first complete, hands-on guide to choosing, implementing, and managing the right object-oriented database for your organization

If you are responsible for selecting and implementing an object-oriented database in your organization, you need a tool to help you evaluate your options and make the right selection. And now here it is: The Object Database Handbook-the first complete, hands-on guide for anyone planning a move to object-oriented database technology. Doug Barry, "Databases" columnist with Object Magazine, provides you with a rational, systematic approach to selecting, implementing, and managing the object-oriented database products best suited to your company's unique computing needs. The book covers all the bases, providing clear, step-by-step guidance on how to:
* Match your organization's computing needs against available products
* Form a selection team
* Implement your database solutions so they work right the first time
* Prototype your system
* Design or convert data to the new database
* Rework an existing relational model into an object model

Also, the book provides dozens of valuable checklists that make it easy to identify your needs and match them with the right choices. And several full-scale case studies are developed throughout the book that help you arrive quickly at a practical understanding of the concepts discussed.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

With over 20 years' experience in database development and object technology Barry describes how to select the right object-oriented database product for specific computing tasks and how to implement these solutions so they work right the first time. He explains how to assemble a selection team and provides a step-by-step method for evaluating object databases, along with a complete guide to prototyping the system, designing and/or converting data into the new database. Extensive checklists enable readers to identify the features they need to have and to make the right choice. Covers all major categories of object-oriented databases and all key vendors and products.

From the Back Cover

The first complete, hands-on guide to choosing, implementing, and managing the right object-oriented database for your organization

If you are responsible for selecting and implementing an object-oriented database in your organization, you need a tool to help you evaluate your options and make the right selection. And now here it is: The Object Database Handbook-the first complete, hands-on guide for anyone planning a move to object-oriented database technology. Doug Barry, "Databases" columnist with Object Magazine, provides you with a rational, systematic approach to selecting, implementing, and managing the object-oriented database products best suited to your company's unique computing needs. The book covers all the bases, providing clear, step-by-step guidance on how to:
* Match your organization's computing needs against available products
* Form a selection team
* Implement your database solutions so they work right the first time
* Prototype your system
* Design or convert data to the new database
* Rework an existing relational model into an object model

Also, the book provides dozens of valuable checklists that make it easy to identify your needs and match them with the right choices. And several full-scale case studies are developed throughout the book that help you arrive quickly at a practical understanding of the concepts discussed.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Wiley (May 21, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471147184
• ISBN-13: 978-0471147183
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,277,500 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Douglas Barry specializes in enterprise architecture with an emphasis in service-oriented architecture, database systems, and object technology, His practice is aimed at accelerating your understanding and use of software technology. He is an author, columnist, guest lecturer, international speaker, and mentor.

Mr. Barry has consulted to over 80 companies operating in the areas of finance, stock trading, computer-aided design, telecommunications, electronic catalogs, software development, manufacturing, and military applications. He has written or edited five books and was the series editor for the The Savvy Manager's Guides, published by Morgan Kaufmann.