Physical Database Design Using Oracle (Foundations of Database Design) [Hardcover]

Donald K. Burleson (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0849318173 | ISBN-13: 978-0849318177 | Publication Date: July 27, 2004 | Edition: 1

The evolution of Oracle has led to a revolution in design practices. For Oracle 10g, database physical structures have become more complex than ever before and database designers face multiple ways to implement their logical models. IS students studying database design and administration need to be able to implement management systems in a way that enables fast performance while preserving logical data structures.

Physical Database Design Using Oracle correlates logical data models with the physical implementation structures that Oracle provides. It allows students to learn how to take logical data models and convert them into a series of data structures that permit fast and easy logical access to data. Oracle 10g offers object-oriented data structures, pure relational data structures, and specialized data structures such as index-organized tables. Given so many choices, future DBAs and Oracle designers must understand the approprate use of each physical technology and how it maps to their data models.

This textbook is targeted at undergraduate and graduate IS students working to become the Oracle professionals of the near future. It is expected that they already have exposure to basic Oracle database administration. The expert guidance provided by this textbook offers the insight needed to choose appropriate physical models for mission-critical applications.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 264 pages
• Publisher: CRC Press; 1 edition (July 27, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0849318173
• ISBN-13: 978-0849318177
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.4 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,151,088 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Donald K. Burleson is one of the world's most widely published Database experts with more than 20 years of full-time DBA experience.

He specializes in creating database architectures for very large online databases and he has worked with some of the world's most powerful and complex systems.

A former Adjunct Professor Emeritus, Burleson has written 30 books, published more than 100 articles in National Magazines, and serves as Editor-in-Chief of Rampant TechPress.

Don is a popular lecturer and teacher and is a frequent speaker at Oracle Openworld and other international database conferences.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Review, October 3, 2006

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Kent (vienna, Vatican City State (Holy See)) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Physical Database Design Using Oracle (Foundations of Database Design) (Hardcover)

This is a great book if you were a DBA and trying to find out what the upgrades were since 7.3. I would not consider this a reference book, but a good refresher. If a novice were to pick it up, he still would have no idea what objects are, or how to normalize the data. What I didn't like was the Ph.D. bashing, there was no need for that. the writer should have stayed on a positive note. The commentary belongs in a commentary.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Poorly Written and Researched, September 12, 2005

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Shaun Smith "Shaun" (Ireland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Physical Database Design Using Oracle (Foundations of Database Design) (Hardcover)

Not sure where the good rating came from, but this book is poorly written and seems to not have been researched much, if at all. Limited test cases show that material was probably grabbed from some other publication, with little application to the application at hand. It is now a table leveller in the office.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Something for all DBAs, August 17, 2004

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HAC (NC, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Physical Database Design Using Oracle (Foundations of Database Design) (Hardcover)

Every DBA will benefit from this book. It is an often overlooked area by most dba's under a deadline to take a data model into physical layout. The information on 10g is worth the price of the book alone.