Database Management Systems:
Designing and Building Business Applications

Database Management Systems (DBMSs) are powerful tools for storing and retrieving data. Because of their power, they form the foundation of almost every business application, including enterprise systems and Web sites. Every MIS/CIS/CS student needs to know how to create and use databases.
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To use a DBMS, you need to learn several basic skills:

1. How to design the tables used to store data (Data normalization).
2. How to retrieve data with queries (SQL).
3. How to create forms and reports to store and retrieve the data (Applications).
4. How to configure the DBMS for performance and security (Administration).

This textbook contains several powerful features to make it easy to learn to build database applications. Many of the features are unique to this book.

• You get four (4!) books with this purchase for one low price.
• A focus on using a DBMS and creating database applications.
• Four major sample database applications, to show students by example.
• Hundreds of realistic exercises to learn and practice skills used in the real world.
• An online database design system that immediately analyzes student designs and provides expert feedback.
• A compact up-to-date DBMS-agnostic main text that explains all of the concepts that apply to all DBMSs.
• Separate workbooks that show students how to apply their knowledge and build applications in Microsoft Access, Oracle 10g, and SQL Server 2005/Visual Studio 2005.

Check out the details:

• Chapter 2: Database Design
• Table of Contents
• Glossary of Database Terms
• Links to Database Resources on the Web
• Tools: Database Design System