Oppel A. Databases Demystified

2nd Edition. - McGraw-Hill Osborne Media – 2010. - 448 p. - ISBN: 0071747990, 9780071747998.Hard stuff made easy! Your practical, self-paced guide to database fundamentalsDatabases Demystified, Second Editionisthecurriculum-based tutorial for anyone overwhelmed by confusing subjects and complex textbooks. The book is user friendly, engaging, easy to follow, and designed for the student or non-expert wanting to quickly learn the ins and outs of databases and immediately apply the concepts learned.Clear language, step-by-step discussions, and quizzes at the end of each chapter make understanding databases easy.
Learn how to form database queries using Microsoft Access and SQL, explore methods for connecting a database to applications, and discover how to store historical data for analyses. From logical data design using normalization, to database security and data warehousing, this hands-on guide is simple enough for a beginner but challenging enough for an advanced student.Databases Demystified, Second Edition Covers Access 2010, the latest ANSI/ISO standard, and MySQL 5.5 Includes new coverage of advanced normal forms, UML diagrams, and integrating XML and objects into databases Features chapter-opening objectives that offer insight into what you're going to learn in each step Provides questions at the end of every chapter to reinforce learning and pinpoint weaknesses Contains a final exam for overall self-assessmentStep-by-step coverage: Database Fundamentals; Exploring Relational Database Components; Forms-Based Database Queries; Introduction to SQL; The Database Life Cycle; Logical Database Design Using Normalization; Data and Process Modeling; Physical Database Design; Connecting Databases to the Outside World; Database Security; Database Implementation; Databases for Online Analytical Processing; Integrating XML Documents and Objects into Databases