Table of Contents

Preface to the Third Edition PART I: FUNDAMENTALS Database Systems as Abstract Machines Data and Information Database, DBMS and Data Model Databases Systems, ICT Systems and Information Systems Database Systems and Electronic Business Data Management Layer PART II: DATA MODELS Relational Data Model Object-Oriented Data Model Deductive Data Model Post-Relational Data Model PART III: DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS: (DBMS) INTERFACE SQL Data Definition SQL Data Integrity SQL Data Manipulation PART IV: DATABASE DEVELOPMENT Database Development Process Requirements Elicitation Entity-Relationship Diagramming Object Modelling Normalisation Physical Database Design Database Implementation PART V: PLANNING AND ADMINISTRATION OF DATABASE SYSTEMS Strategic Data Planning Data Administration Database Administration PART VI: DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS (DBMS) TOOLKIT DBMS Toolkit End-User Tools DBMS Toolkit Application Development Tools DBMS Toolkit Database Administration Tools PART VII: DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS KERNEL Data Organisation Access Mechanisms Transaction Management Other Kernel Functions PART VIII: DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS STANDARDS AND COMMERCIAL SYSTEMS Post-Relational DBMS SQL3 Object-Oriented DBMS ODMG Object Model Microsoft Access Oracle O2 DBMS PART IX: TRENDS IN DATABASE TECHNOLOGY Distributed Processing Distributed Data Parallel Databases Complex Data PART X: APPLICATIONS OF DATABASE SYSTEMS Data Warehousing On-Line Analytical Processing Data Mining Database Systems and the Web Bibliography Glossary and Index.

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Paul Beynon-Davies is the author of a number of student textbooks including "Information Systems" and "Information Systems Development".

About the Author

PAUL BEYNON-DAVIES is currently Reader in Information Systems at the European Business Management School, University of Wales, Swansea. He is the author of a number of student textbooks including Information Systems and Information Systems Development both published by Palgrave Macmillan.