Inside Relational Databases with Examples in Access [electronic resource] / by Mark Whitehorn, Bill Marklyn.

A simple, single-table database -- to Part 1 -- Tables -- Queries/Views -- Forms -- Reports -- Summary of Part 1 -- A multi-table database -- to Part 2 -- Serious problems with single tables -- Multiple tables cure serious problems -- Making multiple tables work together -- Getting the data into the correct tables -- Relationships in the real world -- How are relationships modeled? -- Revisiting the big four the synergy begins -- Integrity -- Summary of Part 2 -- Database Design & Architecture -- Database design -- The seven layers of wisdom -- Database architecture -- Related database topics -- What exactly is a relational database? -- 22 Triggers and stored procedures -- Transactions, logs, backup, locking and concurrency -- Codds rules -- Normalization -- More about normalization -- The system tables -- More on queries: data manipulation -- SQL -- Domains -- What does null mean? -- Primary keys -- Speeding up your database -- Hardware considerations -- Indexing -- More on optimization -- Denormalization.

Inside Relational Databases was first published in 1997 and, rather to our surprise, rapidly reached the status of a classic work in the database field. Translated into three other languages and sold all over the world, it has helped thousands of people to understand the relational model that underpins all modern databases. Inside Relational Databases has never been about how to use a particular database engine (Access, SQL Server, MySQL, whatever). Instead, its about the underlying way in which relational databases work. However it is very convenient if the book illustrates the relational model using the readers favorite product such as Access. So, for the new edition we produced several different versions of the same book, each version based on a different database engine. The version in your hand is based around Access (hence the title). There are other versions based around SQL Server and MySQL. You shouldnt buy this book if you are looking for a book about how to use Access. You should buy this book if you have created databases but they dont seem to work very well. Perhaps you: cant retrieve the information that you want. have to type in the same information over and over again. type in data and it appears to go missing. ask questions and get answers that you know are wrong. can use Access but you dont know exactly what to do with it. know that a relational database lets you create multiple tables in the database but you are uncertain why this is to your advantage. Or perhaps you hear words in connection with databases like: normalization functional dependency inner join union redundant data data dictionary meta-data ER modeling transaction concurrency locking You havent got the faintest idea what they mean and there is no one you can ask. We have also taken the opportunity of the new edition to restructure the book significantly. I (Mark) continue to teach database design and practice, both to undergraduates and in the commercial world. Without doubt the most popular topic in the commercial world is how to make databases run faster (no great surprise there) so we have added an entire section of brand new material (more than 10% of the entire book) on that topic. The section on designing databases has been reorganized and expanded and we also re-read the entire book (several times) and brought it all up to date.

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