Databases A Beginner's Guide
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Essential Database Skills—Made Easy!Learn standard database design and management techniques applicable to any type of database. Featuring clear examples using both Microsoft Access and Oracle, Databases: A Beginner's Guide begins by showing you how to use Structured Query Language (SQL) to create and access database objects. Then, you'll discover how to implement logical design using normalization, transform the logical design into a physical database, and handle data and process modeling. You'll also get details on database security, online analytical processing (OLAP), connecting databases to applications, and integrating XML and object content into databases. Designed for Easy LearningKey Skills & Concepts—Chapter-opening lists of specific skills covered in the chapter Ask the Expert—Q&A sections filled with bonus information and helpful tips Try This—Hands-on exercises that show you how to apply your skillsNotes—Extra information related to the topic being coveredSelf Tests—Chapter-ending quizzes to test your knowledge
Acknowledgments IntroductionPart I: Database ConceptsChapter 1. Database Fundamentals Chapter 2. Exploring Relational Database Components Chapter 3. Form-based Database Queries Chapter 4. Introduction to SQLPart II: Database DevelopmentChapter 5. The Database Life Cycle Chapter 6. Database Design Using Normalization Chapter 7. Data and Process Modeling Chapter 8. Physical Database DesignPart III: Database ImplementationChapter 9. Connecting Databases to the Outside World Chapter 10. Database Security Chapter 11. Deploying Databases Chapter 12. Databases for Online Analytical Processing Chapter 13. Integrating XML Documents and Objects into DatabasesPart IV: AppendicesAppendix A. Answers to Self Tests Appendix B. Solutions to the Try This ExercisesIndexAndy Oppel has taught database technology for the University of California for more than 20 years. He is the author of Databases Demystified and SQL Demystified, and the co-author of SQL: A Beginner’s Guide, Third Edition.
