Chapter I Introduction

  1.1 Database-System Applications

  1.2 Purpose of Database Systems

  1.3 View of Data

  1.4 Database Languages

  1.5 Relational Databases

  1.6 Database Design

  1.7 Data Storage and Querying

  1.8 Transaction Management

  1.9 Database Architecture

  1.10 Data Mining and Information Retrieval

  1.11 Specialty Databases

  1.12 Database Users and Administrators

  1.13 History of Database Systems

  1.14 Summary

      Exercises

      Bibliographical Notes

PART ONE RELATIONAL DATABASES

Chapter 2  Introduction to the Relational Model

  2.1 Structure of Relational Databases

  2.2 Database Schema

  2.3 Keys

  2.4 Schema Diagrams

  2.5 Relational Query Languages

  2.6 Relational Operations

  2.7 Summary

    Exercises

    Bibliographical Notes

Chapter3  Introduction to SQL

  3.1 Overview of the SQL Query Language

  3.2 SQL Data Definition

  3.3 Basic Structure of SQL Queries

  3.4 Additional Basic Operations

  3.5 Set Operations

  3.6 Null Values

  3.7 Aggregate Functions

  3.8 Nested Subqueries

  3.9 Modification of the Database

  3.10 Summary

      Exercises

      Bibliographical Notes

PART TWO DATABASE DESIGN

PART THREE DATA STORAGE AND QUERYING

PART FOUR TRANSACTION MANAGEMENT

PART FIVE SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE

PART SIX DATA WAREHOUSING, DATA MINING, AND INFORMATION  RETRIEVAL

PART SEVEN SPECIALTY DATABASES

PART EIGHT ADVANCED TOPICS

PART NINE CASE STUDIES

PART TEN APPENDICES