SQL Unleashed

SQL Unleashed, Second Edition, covers ANSII SQL and how to implement them with several major relational database platforms used on a day-to-day basis. SQL Unleashed focuses on more intermediate to advanced topics and the latest trends forthcoming in SQL. ...

 Relational Database Design Clearly Explained

Relational Database Design Clearly Explained provides a straightforward and in-depth explanation of the creation and maintenance of relational databases. Database management and design expert Jan L. Harrington shares useful advice necessary for good relat...

 The Relational Database Dictionary Terms, Concepts, and Examples

Avoid misunderstandings that can affect the design, programming, and use of database systems. Whether you're using Oracle, DB2, SQL Server, MySQL, or PostgreSQL, The Relational Database Dictionary will prevent confusion about the precise meaning of databa...

 SQL for Dummies

See how SQL interfaces with today's environments Start building and using relational databases with SQL's newest features The database may be the twenty-first century filing cabinet, but building one is a little more complex than sliding drawers i...

 Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture

The practice of enterprise application development has benefited from the emergence of many new enabling technologies. Multi-tiered object-oriented platforms, such as Java and .NET, have become commonplace. These new tools and technologies are capable of ...

 Relational Database Index Design and the Optimizer

Improve the performance of relational databases with indexes designed for today's hardware Over the last few years, hardware and software have advanced beyond all recognition, so it's hardly surprising that relational database performance now receives ...

 Beginning Databases with PostgreSQL From Novice to Professional

PostgreSQL is one of the world's most popular open source relational database systems. It is renowned for its wide range of capabilities and its ability to perform functions not available in other databases. This book will provide you with the tools to tr...

 Beginning Relational Data Modeling

Data storage design, and awareness of how data needs to be utilized within an organization, is of prime importance in ensuring that company data systems work efficiently. If you need to know how to capture the information needs of a business system in a r...

 Beginning C# Databases From Novice to Professional - Everything you need to build C# applications against relational databases.

If you're a C# programmer who needs to access relational databases, this book is for you! We'll teach you everything you need to know about relational databases, the database language SQL, and ADO.NET so that you'll be able to program a variety of Windows...

 SQL Server 2000 XML Distilled

XML is one of a family of web standards for data description, validation, manipulation, and interchange. It enables the construction of application-specific data languages, which can be handled by generic tools. Its other main benefits are its platform in...

 Java persistence for relational databases

Java Persistence for Relational Databases is full of best practices and patterns for readers who want to connect to databases using Java. It includes coverage of various database-related APIs for Java, including JDO, JDBC (including newest 3.0 APIs), and ...

 Agile Database Techniques Effective Strategies for the Agile Software Developer

An agile database administrator (DBA) has the difficult task of focusing on data-oriented issues, including traditional database administration as well as any application development involving data. Agile DBAs also collaborate with enterprise professional...

 Mastering Data Warehouse Design Relational and Dimensional Techniques

A cutting-edge response to Ralph Kimball's challenge to the data warehouse community that answers some tough questions about the effectiveness of the relational approach to data warehousing Written by one of the best-known exponents of the Bill Inmon ap...

  Introduction to Relational Databases and SQL Programming

This text provides hands-on instruction to relational database design and management using Oracle examples. The proven format features step-by-step tutorials, end-of-chapter reviews, practice questions, key term lists, and lab projects....

 Fundamentals of Relational Databases Schaum's Outlines

More than 200 completely solved problems and an equal number of supplementary problems facilitate the understanding of database technology Complete scripts allow students to create and populate all databases used in the book Syntax and database techno...

 SQL for dummies

SQL is the international standard database language used to create, access, manipulate, maintain, and store information in a relational database management system (DBMS)-a vital tool for database programmers and Web developers The new SQL standard due f...

  Advanced FileMaker Pro 5.5 Techniques for Developers

With more than seven million users around the world, FileMaker is one of the most popular database packages on the market. But until now, there have not been any books for FileMaker Pro 5.5 developers that discuss advanced topics. Advanced FileMaker Pro 5...

 Database Design for Mere Mortals A Hands-On Guide to Relational Database Design

Sound database design can save hours of development time and ensure functionality and reliability. Database Design for Mere Mortals™, Second Edition, is a straightforward, platform-independent tutorial on the basic principles of relational database ...

 Foundation for Future Database Systems The Third Manifesto

Foundation for Future Database Systems: The Third Manifesto is a proposal for the future direction of data and database management systems (DBMSs). It consists of a precise, formal definition of an abstract model of data, to be considered as a blueprint f...

 Java Programming with Oracle JDBC

JDBC is the key Java technology for relational database access. Oracle is arguably the most widely used relational database platform in the world. In this book, Donald Bales brings these two technologies together, and shows you how to leverage the full po...

 Temporal Data and the Relational Model

Temporal database systems are systems that provide special support for storing, querying, and updating historical and/or future data. Current DBMSs provide essentially no temporal features at all, but this situation is likely to change soon for a variety ...