Database: Principles, Programming, Performance

By Patrick O'Neil, Elizabeth O'Neil, Elizabeth O'Neil

Book Overview

This second edition relies on the same successful approach that distinguished the first: it covers the principles of database theory with unmatched thoroughness, and it rigorously links theory to the real world of database programming and administration. A careful discussion of SQL standards and a multitude of examples drawn from actual databases-Oracle, DB2, and Informix-complements the authors' concept-oriented instruction, allowing you to develop product-specific understanding and to learn the important differences between the SQL dialects that will enable you to write portable applications. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1558602194
• ISBN13: 9781558602199
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann Publishers
• Length: 873 Pages
• Weight: 3.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.9" x 7.4" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Good for DBAs

I used the first edition for a database course, and I borrowed the new edition to read a week ago (I just ordered the book today).I wish PBS would make their hardware shows more like this book. I like to watch them, but one thing bugs me: they show how you drive a screw every 4 ins to retain *this particular* panel, but they don't explain *why* that was necessary. So you don't know how to design the panel yourself, or how...

Great Learning Tool for Database Technologies

We used this book in our graduate CS program. Great book for its value! Great overview of three commercial products: Oracle 7.3, Ingres, and Sybase. Outstanding chapter on SQL where the author explains the differences between the three vendors and the difference between the SQL X/OPEN and SQL 92. I also liked the Database Design chapters where the author carefully explains the idea of the Functional Dependencies and the...

Well written with understandable examples

Very well thought out. A delight to read given the subject matter. Some of his SQL tricks will inspire even the most advanced DBA to try new things. Covers the subject very well, from theory to practical application on several of the top database packages.