Book Title: Database Design – 2nd Edition
Book Description: Database Design - 2nd Edition covers database systems and database design concepts. New to this edition are SQL info, additional examples, key terms and review exercises at the end of each chapter.
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Book Information
Book Description
This second edition of Database Design book covers the concepts used in database systems and the database design process. Topics include:
- The history of databases
- Characteristics and benefits of databases
- Data models
- Data modelling
- Classification of database management systems
- Integrity rules and constraints
- Functional dependencies
- Normalization
- Database development process
Book Source
This book is a cloned version of Database Design - 2nd Edition by Adrienne Watt and Watt, Adrienne, published using Pressbooks by BCcampus under a CC BY (Attribution) license. It may differ from the original.
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Database Design - 2nd Edition Copyright © 2014 by Adrienne Watt and Nelson Eng is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.
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Database design and theory
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Database Design - 2nd Edition Copyright © 2014 by Adrienne Watt and Nelson Eng is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.
© 2014 Adrienne Watt and Nelson Eng
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New to this edition are more examples, highlighted and defined key terms (both throughout and at the end of each chapter), and end-of-chapter review exercises. Two new chapters have been added on SQL, along with appendices that include a data model example, sample ERD exercises, and SQL lab with solutions.