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Database Systems: Design, Implementation, & Management
Practical and easy to understand, DATABASE SYSTEMS: DESIGN, IMPLEMENTATION, AND MANAGEMENT, Eleventh Edition, gives students a solid foundation in database design and implementation. Filled with visual aids such as diagrams, illustrations, and tables, this market-leading text provides in-depth coverage of database design, demonstrating that the key to successful database implementation is in proper design of databases to fit within a larger strategic view of the data environment. Renowned for its clear, straightforward writing style, this text provides students with an outstanding balance of theory and practice. The eleventh edition has been updated to include expanded relational algebra coverage, updated business vignettes showing the impact of database tech in the real world, updated coverage of cloud data services, expanded coverage of Big Data and related Hadoop technologies, SQL coverage expanded to include MySQL databases, and many other improvements! In addition, new review questions, problem sets, and cases have been added throughout the book so that students have multiple opportunities to test their understanding and develop real and useful design skills.
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752 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 1, 2014
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June 16, 2020It's a good and complete book but I feel its verbosity detracts from its clarity
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December 12, 2018We used the 13th Edition in my graduate class, and this was hands down the best textbook we had used yet. Excellent organization, clean and clear graphics, very approachable content.
November 19, 2021
There is a lot of information to unpack in this textbook. It is a little difficult to tie together elements to a particular database system. For example, the author references differences between Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server, but the unique versions of each are not always clearly marked. Fortunately, I was reading this while taking an in-classroom course, so specifics were easier to gain from that instruction. For relational database theory, this was a good text.
June 2, 2021
I read this book because it is referred to in my "introduction to database" unit. I did not read the whole book but all recommended sections are really informative with clear and thorough explanations. Such a good book for beginners like me.
May 17, 2019
Really excellent book in describing the concepts and breaking complex theories into simpler terms. I would strongly recommend this book to anyone learning about database design and systems.
July 25, 2019
Some explanations were too redundant to the point were its hard to comprehend when it could have been written using less words.
July 5, 2020
Glad I bought used (as usual). A great professor practically rendered this useless, but will keep for possible reference.
July 12, 2020
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Outdated, online material doesn’t exist. You probably aren’t buying this because you have a choice though I suppose. Good luck.
Outdated, online material doesn’t exist. You probably aren’t buying this because you have a choice though I suppose. Good luck.
April 27, 2024
I read this for a class--this textbook was super helpful and made learning the basics of SQL easy. I loved the class and this book.
October 14, 2010
Not bad, not terribly good either, there's no way this is worth $100. Of course, the same could be said of most course texts I've had, but still--it's such a rich, rewarding field of study and despite nice and colorful graphics throughout, the text ignores too much of what is really interesting about databases.
November 26, 2014
Extraordinarily complete and accessible in its scope and approach, this is the ONE database book I keep coming back to for an on-the-job reference work. If you only have one database book, make it this one.
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December 27, 2010itz good
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June 19, 2011Excellent book with also a lot of knowledge about SQL,reccomended.
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September 14, 2011excellent book
May 1, 2012
This isn't written in the most accessible manner and seems to emphasize theory a bit more than I would have preferred.
August 18, 2014
Pretty solid textbook, laid out the concepts well.
January 30, 2016
This is one of the best text book's I have ever dealt with. The information is clear and easy to follow. It was a great resource to use for a database design introductory class.
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July 17, 2009
Ch. 1 - Overview, boring file storage background
February 27, 2009
Good intro to Database management
October 12, 2013
Excellent book!
March 13, 2017
as college textbooks go this is laid out well and easy to read.
March 28, 2017
Made me hate databases more than I already do.
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