Includes index.

Contents: Background -- The Relational model and languages -- Database analysis and design -- Methodology -- Selected database issues -- Distributed DBMSs and replication -- Object DBMSs -- The Web and DBMSs -- Business intelligence -- Apendix A: User's requirements specification for dreamhome case study -- Appendix B: Other case studies -- Appendix C: Alternative data modeling notations -- Appendix D: Summary of the database design methodology for relational databases -- Appendix E: Introduction to pyrrho: A lightweight RDBMS -- Appendix F: File organizations and indexes (online) -- Appendix G: When is a DBMS relational (online) -- Appendix H: Commercial DBMSs: Access and oracle (online) -- Appendix I: Programmatic SQL (online) -- Appendix J: Estimating disk space requirements (online) -- Appendix K: Introduction to object-orientation (online) -- Appendix L: Example web scripts (online).