内容简介
《数据库系统入门（影印版）（第8版）》全面与深入地介绍了数据库系统的相关理论与方法。全书共分为6个部分：第1部分“基本概念”，讲述了什么是数据库系统、数据库系统的体系结构、概述了关系数据库系统并讲解了SQL语言；第2部分“关系模型”，将关系模型作为现代数据库技术的基础进行了全面介绍，包括关系模型的数据结构、数据操作以及数据完整性约束，还介绍了视图的概念；第3部分“数据库设计”，主要包括函数依赖、范式在内的设计理论，以及语义模型（E-R模型）两部分内容；第4部分“事务管理”，介绍了事务管理相关技术，包括数据库恢复与并发控制；第5部分“扩展主题”，介绍了其他多种数据库相关技术包括数据库安全、查询优化、缺失信息表达、类型继承、分布式数据库、决策支持、时态数据库，基于逻辑的数据库等；第6部分“对象、关系和XML”，主要介绍了对象技术对数据库的影响，包括面向对象数据库系统、对象/关系系统以及XML数据库。
作者简介
C.J.Dateisanindependentauthor,lecturer,researcher,andconsultant,specializinginrelationaldatabasetechnology.HeisbasedinHealdsburg,California.In1967,followingseveralyearsasamathematicalprogrammerandprogramminginstructorforLeoComputersLtd.(London,E.ngland),Mr.DatemovedtotheIBM(UK)DevelopmentLaboratories,whereheworkedontheintegrationofdatabasefunctionalityintoPL/I.In1974hetransferredtotheIBMSystemsDevelopmentCenterinCalifornia,wherehewasresponsibleforthedesignofadatabaselanguageknownastheUnifiedDatabaseLanguage,UDL,andworkedontechnicalplanningandexternalsdesignfortheIBMproductsSQL/DSandDB2.HeleftIBMinMay,1983.Mr.Datehasbeenactiveinthedatabasefieldforwellover30years.HewasoneofthefirstpeopleanywheretorecognizethesignificanceofCodd'spioneeringworkontherelationalmodel.Hehaslecturedwidelyontechnicalsubjectsprincipallyondatabasetopics,andespeciallyonrelationaldatabase--throughoutNorthAmericaandalsoinEurope,Australia,LatinAmerica,andtheFarEast.Inadditiontothepresentbook,heisauthororcoauthorofanumberofotherdatabasetexts,including,fromMorganKaufmann,TemporalDataandtheRelationalModel(2003)and,fromAddison-Wesley,FoundationforFutureDatabaseSystems:TheThirdManifesto(2ndedition,2000),adetailedproposalforthefuturedirectionofthefield;Database:APrimer(1983),whichtreatsdatabasesystemsfromthenonspecialist'spointofview;aseriesofRelationalDatabaseWritingsbooks(1986,1990,1992,1995,1998),whichdealwithvariousaspectsofrelationaltechnologyindepth;andanotherseriesofbooksonspecificsystemsandlanguagesAGuidetoDB2(4thedition,1993),AGuidetoSYBASEandSQLServer(1992),AGuidetoSQL/DS(1988),AGuidetoINGRES(1987),andAGuidetotheSQLStandard(4thedition,1997).Hisbookshavebeentranslatedintoseverallanguages,includingBraille,Chinese,Dutch,French,German,Greek,Italian,Japanese,Korean,Polish,Portuguese,Russian,andSpanish.Mr.Datehasalsoproducedover300technicalarticlesandresearchpapersandhasmadeavarietyoforiginalcontributionstodatabasetheory.Forseveralyears,hewasaregularcolumnistforthemagazineDatabaseProgramming&Design.Healsocontributesregularlyto.thewebsitehtrp://www.dbdebunk.com.Hisprofessionalseminarsondatabasetechnology,offeredbothinNorthAmericaandoverseas,arewidelyconsideredtobesecondtononeforthequalityofthesubjectmatterandtheclarityoftheexposition.Mr.DateholdsanHonoursDegreeinMathematicsfromCambridgeUniversity,England(BA1962,MA1966)andthehonorarydegreeofDoctorofTechnologyfromDeMontfortUniversity,England(1994).
