Elements of Relational Database Design
Elements of Relational Database Design

Author: David C. Hopkins

Publisher: Trafford Publishing

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 131

ISBN-13: 1425182801

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This book provides a concise presentation of the basic principles of database design. It deals with the widely accepted core definitions and conclusions that can be precisely stated and proven. Most of the topics covered are essential to the concluding chapter on â oenormalizationâ â " a knowledge of which is crucial for avoiding problematic database designs. In addition to brevity, the structure of the book is meant to minimize page turning by making it unnecessary to flip back to previous pages. For example, to allow the reader to view all the information on a topic at once, the text appears on the left and the corresponding examples on the right of facing pages. The book consists of five chapters as follows: The first two describe the basic techniques of modeling the real world with a database. Chapter Three covers common â oeoperationsâ one can do with a database. Most of these operations pertain to using rather than designing a database; however, a few of them are also crucial for design. â oeDependency and decompositionâ â " important in their own right and also required for the final chapter â " receive a comprehensive treatment in Chapter Four. The book concludes with Chapter Five's coverage of normalization where the levels of good database design are defined along with procedures for attaining these levels. Also, problems that can occur when a database is not at a given level are described and illustrated by examples.

Relational Database Design and Implementation
Relational Database Design and Implementation

Author: Jan L. Harrington

Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann

Published: 2016-04-15

Total Pages: 714

ISBN-13: 0128499028

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Relational Database Design and Implementation: Clearly Explained, Fourth Edition, provides the conceptual and practical information necessary to develop a database design and management scheme that ensures data accuracy and user satisfaction while optimizing performance. Database systems underlie the large majority of business information systems. Most of those in use today are based on the relational data model, a way of representing data and data relationships using only two-dimensional tables. This book covers relational database theory as well as providing a solid introduction to SQL, the international standard for the relational database data manipulation language. The book begins by reviewing basic concepts of databases and database design, then turns to creating, populating, and retrieving data using SQL. Topics such as the relational data model, normalization, data entities, and Codd's Rules (and why they are important) are covered clearly and concisely. In addition, the book looks at the impact of big data on relational databases and the option of using NoSQL databases for that purpose. Features updated and expanded coverage of SQL and new material on big data, cloud computing, and object-relational databases Presents design approaches that ensure data accuracy and consistency and help boost performance Includes three case studies, each illustrating a different database design challenge Reviews the basic concepts of databases and database design, then turns to creating, populating, and retrieving data using SQL

The Paradox Relational Database Advisor
The Paradox Relational Database Advisor

Author: Kimberly Maughan Saunders

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13:

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A guide for entry-level Paradox users--covering version 3.5, 4.0, and Windows. Contains a set of easy-to-follow guidelines for each phase in the database design process, providing specific suggestions for creating systems that meet a wide variety of business needs and hardware environments.

Relational Database Design Clearly Explained
Relational Database Design Clearly Explained

Author: Jan L. Harrington

Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 416

ISBN-13: 9781558608207

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Fully revised and updated, Relational Database Design, Second Edition is the most lucid and effective introduction to relational database design available. Here, you'll find the conceptual and practical information you need to develop a design that ensures data accuracy and user satisfaction while optimizing performance, regardless of your experience level or choice of DBMS. Supporting the book's step-by-step instruction are three case studies illustrating the planning, analysis, and design steps involved in arriving at a sound design. These real-world examples include object-relational design techniques, which are addressed in greater detail in a new chapter devoted entirely to this timely subject. * Concepts you need to master to put the book's practical instruction to work. * Methods for tailoring your design to the environment in which the database will run and the uses to which it will be put. * Design approaches that ensure data accuracy and consistency. * Examples of how design can inhibit or boost database application performance. * Object-relational design techniques, benefits, and examples. * Instructions on how to choose and use a normalization technique. * Guidelines for understanding and applying Codd's rules. * Tools to implement a relational design using SQL. * Techniques for using CASE tools for database design.

Introductory Relational Database Design for Business, with Microsoft Access
Introductory Relational Database Design for Business, with Microsoft Access

Author: Jonathan Eckstein

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2018-01-16

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 1119329418

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A hands-on beginner’s guide to designing relational databases and managing data using Microsoft Access Relational databases represent one of the most enduring and pervasive forms of information technology. Yet most texts covering relational database design assume an extensive, sophisticated computer science background. There are texts on relational database software tools like Microsoft Access that assume less background, but they focus primarily on details of the user interface, with inadequate coverage of the underlying design issues of how to structure databases. Growing out of Professor Jonathan Eckstein’s twenty years’ experience teaching courses on management information systems (MIS) at Rutgers Business School, this book fills this gap in the literature by providing a rigorous introduction to relational databases for readers without prior computer science or programming experience. Relational Database Design for Business, with Microsoft Access helps readers to quickly develop a thorough, practical understanding of relational database design. It takes a step-by-step, real-world approach, using application examples from business and finance every step the way. As a result, readers learn to think concretely about database design and how to address issues that commonly arise when developing and manipulating relational databases. By the time they finish the final chapter, students will have the knowledge and skills needed to build relational databases with dozens of tables. They will also be able to build complete Microsoft Access applications around such databases. This text: Takes a hands-on approach using numerous real-world examples drawn from the worlds of business, finance, and more Gets readers up and running, fast, with the skills they need to use and develop relational databases with Microsoft Access Moves swiftly from conceptual fundamentals to advanced design techniques Leads readers step-by-step through data management and design, relational database theory, multiple tables and the possible relationships between them, Microsoft Access features such as forms and navigation, formulating queries in SQL, and normalization Introductory Relational Database Design for Business, with MicrosoftAccess is the definitive guide for undergraduate and graduate students in business, finance, and data analysis without prior experience in database design. While Microsoft Access is its primary “hands-on” learning vehicle, most of the skills in this text are transferrable to other relational database software such as MySQL.

R for Data Science
R for Data Science

Author: Hadley Wickham

Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."

Published: 2016-12-12

Total Pages: 521

ISBN-13: 1491910364

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Learn how to use R to turn raw data into insight, knowledge, and understanding. This book introduces you to R, RStudio, and the tidyverse, a collection of R packages designed to work together to make data science fast, fluent, and fun. Suitable for readers with no previous programming experience, R for Data Science is designed to get you doing data science as quickly as possible. Authors Hadley Wickham and Garrett Grolemund guide you through the steps of importing, wrangling, exploring, and modeling your data and communicating the results. You'll get a complete, big-picture understanding of the data science cycle, along with basic tools you need to manage the details. Each section of the book is paired with exercises to help you practice what you've learned along the way. You'll learn how to: Wrangle—transform your datasets into a form convenient for analysis Program—learn powerful R tools for solving data problems with greater clarity and ease Explore—examine your data, generate hypotheses, and quickly test them Model—provide a low-dimensional summary that captures true "signals" in your dataset Communicate—learn R Markdown for integrating prose, code, and results

Access Database Design & Programming
Access Database Design & Programming

Author: Steven Roman

Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."

Published: 2002-01-07

Total Pages: 451

ISBN-13: 0596002734

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For programmers who prefer content to frills, this guide has succinct and straightforward information for putting Access to its full, individually tailored use.

Database Design and Relational Theory
Database Design and Relational Theory

Author: C. J. Date

Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."

Published: 2012-04-17

Total Pages: 277

ISBN-13: 1449328016

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Because databases often stay in production for decades, careful design is critical to making the database serve the needs of your users over years, and to avoid subtle errors or performance problems. In this book, C.J. Date, a leading exponent of relational databases, lays out the principles of good database design.

Relational Database Design
Relational Database Design

Author: Charles J. Wertz

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 1993-02-17

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13:

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Relational Database Design covers practical and theoretical aspects of database and systems design. Interrelated topics are presented, including a review of basic systems and database concepts, design methodologies, the relational data model and relational database management, normalization, entity relationship modelling, considerations for collecting information during a design study, physical design issues, distributed systems, and the elements of a database design methodology. The book provides plenty of examples, including an entire chapter that acts as an extended example. The author has taken care to deal with standard SQL and avoids ties to specific releases of specific products. Relational Database Design is an excellent volume for database programmers and designers, MIS managers, and anyone interested in a solid introduction to relational database design.