An Introduction to Database Systems, Volume 1An overview of database management. An architecture for a database system. The internal level. An overview of DB2. Data definition. Data manipulation. The system catalog. Views. Embedded SQL. An overview of INGRES. Relational data structure. Relational integrity rules. Relational algebra. Relational calculus. Relational systems. Query optimization. Further normalization. Recovery and concurrency. Security and integrity. The database product family. An inverted list system: DATACOM/DB. A hierarchic system: IMS. A network system: IDMS. Distributed systems. Semantic modeling. List of acronyms. Index. |
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An Architecture for a Database System | 29 |
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20 London algebra application attribute B-tree base table BCNF calculus candidate keys Cartesian product catalog Chapter CITY clause COBOL CODASYL COLOR column constraints corresponding course cursor database system DATACOM/DB DBMS defined definition DELETE discussed disk domain entity example EXEC SQL executed EXISTS field foreign key function given hash hierarchic IDMS INGRES INSERT integrity join language located logical manager MVDs normal form Note null occurrence operations optimization Paris physical PL/I PNAME pointer possible predicate primary key query record type reference relational algebra relational calculus relational model relational system represented result RETRIEVE RM/T S-FILE S-SP S.CITY schema Section segment SELECT sequence shipment SNAME specified STATUS storage structure stored file stored record supplier numbers supplier S1 suppliers who supply transaction tuple tuple calculus UPDATE variable VSAM