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• Database Management Systems: Understanding and Applying Database Technology
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• PREFACE
• CHAPTER 1. ANSI DATABASE STANDARDS
• 1.1 IN THE BEGINNING
• 1.2 REFERENCE MODELS
• 1.3 ANSI DATABASE COMMITTEES: X3H2 AND X3H4
• 1.4 THE BATTLE OVER DATA MODELS
• 1.5 DBMS STANDARDS
• 1.6 ANSI/NDL
• 1.7 ANSI/SQL
• 1.8 THE ANSI/IRDS
• 1.9 DATABASE STANDARDS SUMMARY
• References
• CHAPTER 2. DBMS APPLICATIONS AND COMPONENTS
• 2.1 APPLICATION CLASSIFICATIONS
• 2.2 STATIC AND DYNAMIC RELATIONSHIPS
• 2.3 THE NATURE OF A STATIC RELATIONSHIP APPLICATION
• 2.4 THE NATURE OF A DYNAMIC RELATIONSHIP APPLICATION
• 2.5 PROBLEMS AND BENEFITS OF STATIC RELATIONSHIP DBMSs
• 2.6 PROBLEMS AND BENEFITS OF DYNAMIC RELATIONSHIP DBMSs
• 2.7 IMPLEMENTING THE STATIC RELATIONSHIP APPLICATION
• 2.8 IMPLEMENTING THE DYNAMIC RELATIONSHIP APPLICATION
• 2.9 DBMS COMPONENTS AND SUBCOMPONENTS
• 2.10 THE DBMS
• 2.11 DBMS ISSUES
• 2.12 APPLICATION COMPONENTS AND DBMS COMPONENTS
• 2.13 DBMS REQUIREMENTS SUMMARY
• References
• CHAPTER 3. THE LOGICAL DATABASE
• 3.1 DEFINITION
• 3.2 LOGICAL DATABASE COMPONENTS
• 3.3 DATA MODELS
• 3.4 DATA DEFINITION LANGUAGE
• 3.5 LOGICAL DATABASE SUMMARY
• CHAPTER 4. THE PHYSICAL DATABASE
• 4.1 PHYSICAL DATABASE COMPONENTS
• 4.2 STORAGE STRUCTURE
• 4.3 ACCESS STRATEGY
• 4.4 DATA LOADING
• 4.5 DATA UPDATE
• 4.6 DATABASE MAINTENANCE
• 4.7 PHYSICAL DATABASE SUMMARY
• References
• CHAPTER 5. INTERROGATION
• 5.1 INTERROGATION EVOLUTION
• 5.2 DBMSs AND LANGUAGE ORIENTATION
• 5.3 SUBSCHEMA FACILITY
• 5.4 View Facility
• 5.5 SCREEN DEVELOPMENT
• 5.6 RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SCREENS AND VIEWS
• 5.7 SYSTEM CONTROL CAPABILITIES
• 5.8 HOST LANGUAGE INTERFACE
• 5.9 NATURAL LANGUAGES
• 5.10 PROCEDURE-ORIENTED LANGUAGE
• 5.11 REPORT WRITER
• 5.12 QUERY-UPDATE LANGUAGES
• 5.13 CHOOSING THE RIGHT INTERROGATION LANGUAGE
• 5.14 INTERROGATION SUMMARY
• CHAPTER 6. SYSTEM CONTROL
• 6.1 SYSTEM CONTROL COMPONENTS
• 6.2 AUDIT TRAILS
• 6.3 MESSAGE PROCESSING
• 6.4 BACKUP and RECOVERY
• 6.5 REORGANIZATION
• 6.6 CONCURRENT OPERATIONS
• 6.7 MULTIPLE DATABASE PROCESSING
• 6.8 SECURITY and PRIVACY
• 6.9 INSTALLATION and MAINTENANCE
• 6.10 APPLICATION OPTIMIZATION
• 6.11 SYSTEM CONTROL STATIC AND DYNAMIC DIFFERENCES
• 6.12 SYSTEM CONTROL SUMMARY
• Appendix A: Keys and BNF Notation Definition
• Appendix B: Glossary
• Index