The aim of this work is to provide a correct and up-to-date understanding of the practical aspects of crucial, yet little- understood core database issues. The author identifies fundamental concepts, principles, and techniques and assesses the treatment of those issues in SQL (both the standard and commercial implementations) and gives advice on how to deal with them. Topics covered include complex data types, missing information, data hierarchies, and quota queries. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

This book addresses issues related to managing data across a distributed database system. It is unique because it covers traditional database theory and current research, explaining the difficulties in providing a unified user interface and global data dictionary. The book gives implementers guidance on hiding discrepancies across systems and creating the illusion of a single repository for users. It also includes three sample frameworks—implemented using J2SE with JMS, J2EE, and Microsoft .Net—that readers can use to learn how to implement a distributed database management system. IT and development groups and computer sciences/software engineering graduates will find this guide invaluable.

Introductory, theory-practice balanced text teaching the fundamentals of databases to advanced undergraduates or graduate students in information systems or computer science.

This easy-to-read textbook/reference presents a comprehensive introduction to databases, opening with a concise history of databases and of data as an organisational asset. As relational database management systems are no longer the only database solution, the book takes a wider view of database technology, encompassing big data, NoSQL, object and object-relational and in-memory databases. The text also examines the issues of scalability, availability, performance and security encountered when building and running a database in the real world. Topics and features: presents review and discussion questions at the end of each chapter, in addition to skill-building, hands-on exercises; introduces the fundamental concepts and technologies in database systems, placing these in an historic context; describes the challenges faced by database professionals; reviews the use of a variety of database types in business environments; discusses areas for further research within this fast-moving domain.

This volume of proceedings contains original papers of good technical quality which present recent developments in databases and knowledge based systems and their applications to practical problems. Topics covered include databases and temporal databases, object-oriented modelling and object-oriented databases, deductive databases, distributed database and information systems, database design issues and intelligent databases. The papers reflect the importance of databases and the work being done on them.

This volume presents work from the IFIP TC 8 WG 8.9 International Conference on the Research and Practical Issues of Enterprise Information Systems (CONFENIS 2007). Enterprise information systems (EIS) have become increasingly popular. EIS integrate and support business processes across functional boundaries in a supply chain environment. In recent years, more and more enterprises world-wide have adopted EIS such as Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) for running their businesses.