Ramakrishnan, Raghu. <br/><br/>
Database management systems. / 
Raghu Ramakrishnan, Johannes Gehrke. 
 - 3rd ed. 
 - Boston:  McGraw-Hill,  2003. 
 - xxxii, 1065 p. :  ill. ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 1005-1044) and indexes. 
<br/><br/>Contents: Foundations: Overview of database systems -- Introduction to database design -- The relational model -- Relational algebra and calculus -- SQL: Queries, constraints, triggers -- Application development: Database application development -- Internet applications -- Storage and indexing: Overview of storage and indexing -- Storing data: disks and files -- Tree-structured indexing -- Hash-based indexing -- Query evaluation: Overview of query evaluation -- External sorting -- Evaluating relational operators -- A typical relational query optimizer -- Transaction management: Overview of transaction management -- Concurrency control -- Crash recovery -- Database design and tuning: Schema refinement and normal forms -- Physical database design and tuning -- Security and authorization -- Additional topics: Parallel and distributed databases -- Object-database systems -- Deductive databases -- Data warehousing and decision support -- Data mining -- Information retrieval and XML data -- Spatial data management -- Further reading -- The minibase software --  
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780071231510 007123151X 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2002075205 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Database management.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QA76.9.D3.R16 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>005.74