A Guided Tour of Relational Databases and Beyond

by Mark Levene (Author), George Loizou (Author), Mark Levene (Author)

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  Illustrated
  1999

  $87.69

  Addressing important extensions of the relational database model, including deductive, temporal, and object-oriented databases, this book provides an overview of database modeling with the Entity-Relationship (ER) model and the relational model. The book focuses on the primary achievements in relational database theory, including query languages, integrity constraints, database design, computable queries, and concurrency control. This reference will shed light on the ideas underlying relational database systems and the problems that confront database designers and researchers.