Database Systems with Case Studies

This text covers exactly what students needs to know in an introductory database system course. The book focuses on database design and exposes students to a variety of approaches for getting the data model correct. The book addresses issues related to database performance (Query Processing) and transaction management for multi-user environments. It also introduces non-relational XML format to students. The book intriduces many real-world enterprise database case studies and practice problems to aid learning. It provides hands-on experience of database design issues with several ready-made lab exercises. Challenging assignments are also provided at the end of chapters. Multiple-choice self-tests are provided for assessment throughout.