Modern Database Management (8th Edition) (Hardcover)

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Modern Database Management is the leading text in the business database market. It's noted for its focus on the latest principles, concepts and technologies and what leading practitioners say is most important for database developers.

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STUDY.MODERN DATABASE MANAGEMENT WITH THE LATEST COVERAGE!

• Complete SQL Coverage! Now two full chapters on SQL (Chapters 7 and 8) provide a thorough introduction to SQL, plus advanced material with examples.
• Internet Database Chapter! Chapter 10 explores the Internet database environment, including Web-based applications, scripting languages, and Web security Examples from ASP and ColdFusion for a shopping cart application are highlighted in the text and on the Web site.
• Client/Server and Data Warehousing Coverage! Chapter 9 provides strong client/server coverage and lays the technology groundwork for the Internet topics for the rest of the text. Chapter 11 is an extensive update to data warehousing and represents the explosive growth of this form of database.database management. The new MyPHLIP Companion Web site features an Interactive Study Guide, code for the ASP and ColdFusion examples from Chapter 10, and interesting case studies.
  INSTRUCTORS, UTILIZE SUPERIOR MODERN DATABASE MANAGEMENT TEACHING TOOLS!

  Database Files for the Running Cases
  Data sets and sample database applications in Access and Oracle are now available to accompany the Pine Valley Furniture and Mountain View Community Hospital cases in this text, The files are located on the Instructor's CD-ROM and in the Instructor's area of the Web site.

  Image Library
  Bring your lectures to life with the Image Library tool found on the Instructor's Resource CD-ROM. All of the art from the text is conveniently organized by chapter. Insert the figures and tables into your PowerPoint lecture presentations or print them off as handouts for class!

  --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 656 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall; 8 edition (March 20, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0132212110
• ISBN-13: 978-0132212113
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.4 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #89,409 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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30 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazingly well written, October 28, 2000

By	jackofsometrades "jackofsometrades" (Finland, EU) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Modern Database Management (5th Edition) (Hardcover)

I bought this book for a DBMS course in a university and I liked it. This is the best written book compared to any IT book on any subject I've read. Everything seems so easy and simple with this. And this covers a lot of ground, enough at least for any basic level DBMS course. It covers the basics, SQL, (E)ER-diagrams, O-O db's, warehousing, etc.

What this is NOT: this is not a hands-on guide for real work. This is the first introduction to what you should know before beginning any DB-related work.

25 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Introductory Text, March 9, 2000

By	Jeff Stephens (Tampa, Florida) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Modern Database Management, Oracle 7.3.4 edition (Hardcover)

Good up-to-date introductory text on Database Systems. It covers all the bases although in a less quantative way than the Elmasri/Navathe or Ramakrishnan/Gehrke texts. Excellent web based support material. Also, if you get the Oracle Edition (ISBN 0201383721) you'll get 3 great CD's: Oracle Designer/2000, Rel. 2.1; Oracle Developer/2000, Rel. 2.1, and Personal Oracle 7, Rel. 7.3.4. I found this package of text and CD's to be the best value on the market.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Useful, June 18, 2003

By	"blue22rain" (Michigan, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Modern Database Management (6th Edition) (Hardcover)

I bought this book for my database class and I found this book to be very useful. If this is your area of study, I would suggest keeping the book as a reference guide. I regret selling mine to a friend, as there were plenty of times where I thought I could refer back to it in other courses and projects.