Database Development For Dummies,9780764507526

Database Development For Dummies

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Edition: 1st
ISBN13: 9780764507526
ISBN10: 0764507524
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2000-11-16
Publisher(s): For Dummies
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Summary

This "prequel" to "SQL For Dummies" tells why and how database systems came into being, and then using actual examples, describes the many obstacles to success that frequently arise in database development projects and how to handle them.

Author Biography

Allen G. Taylor is a 28-year veteran of the computer industry and the author of 17 computer-related books, including SQL For Dummies. In addition to writing, he is a databaseconsultant and seminar leader in database design and application development. Allen lives withhis family on a small farm outside of Oregon City, Oregon.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1(7)
Part I: Basic Concepts 7(32)
Database Processing
9(12)
Database Development
21(18)
Part II: Data Modeling: What Should the Database Represent? 39(64)
The Users' Model
41(8)
The Entity-Relationship Model
49(18)
The Semantic Object Model
67(22)
Determining What You Are Going to Do
89(14)
Part III: Database Design 103(56)
The Relational Model
105(24)
Using an Entity-Relationship Model to Design a Database
129(12)
Using a Semantic Object Model to Design a Database
141(18)
Part IV: Implementing a Database 159(70)
Using DBMS Tools to Implement a Database
161(38)
Addressing Bigger Problems with SQL Server 2000
199(18)
Using SQL to Implement a Database
217(12)
Part V: Implementing a Database Application 229(28)
Using DBMS Tools to Implement a Database Application
231(20)
SQL and Database Applications
251(6)
Part VI: Using Internet Technology with Database 257(24)
Database on Networks
259(12)
Database Security and Reliability
271(10)
Part VII: The Part of Tens 281(12)
Ten Rules to Remember When Creating a Database
283(6)
Ten Rules to Remember When Creating a Database Application
289(4)
Glossary 293(12)
Index 305

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