Database systems occupy a central position in our information-based society. Vir-tually every large ststem with which we interact in our daily lives has a database at its core. The systems range from those that control the most trivial aspects of our lives to those on which our lives depend. Over the next decades. We will become increasingly dependent on the correctness and efficiency of these systems.
In addition to an introductory database course, the book contains enough advanced material so that it can be used for the following Courses:
- An Understanduate or graduate coursein transaction processing for students who have had and introductory course in databases
- An advanced undergraduate or a first graduate course in database for students who have had andintroductory course in database
- A Course in electronic commerce and web services
Part 1 Introduction
Part 2 Database Management
Part 3 Optimzing DBMS Perfformance
Part 4 Advanced Topics in Databases
Part 5 Transaction Processing
Part 6 Distributed Applications and the web