Includes appendices, references and index.

Contents: Part 1: Background: Introduction to databases -- Database environment -- Database architectures and the web -- Part 2: The relational model and languages: The relational model --- Relational algebra and relational calculus -- SQL: data manipulation -- SQL: data definition -- Advanced SQL -- Object-relational DBMSs -- Part 3: Database analysis and design: Database system development lifecycle -- Database analysis and the dreamhome case study -- Entity-relationship modeling -- Enhanced entity-relationship modeling -- Normalization -- Advanced normalization -- Part 4: Methodology: Methodology - conceptual database design -- Methodology - logical database design for the relational model -- Methodology - physical database design for relational databases -- Methodology -- monitoring and tuning the operational system -- Part 5: Selected database issues: Security and administration -- Professional, legal, and ethical issues in data management -- Query processing -- Part 6: Distributed DBMSs and replication: Distributed DBMSs - concepts and design -- Distributed DBMSs - advanced concepts -- Replication and mobile databases -- Part 7: Object DBMSs: Object-oriented DBMSs - concepts and design -- Object-oriented DBMSs - Standards and systems -- Part 8: The web and DBMSs: Web technology and DBMSs -- Semistructured data XML -- Part 9: Business intelligence: Data warehousing concepts -- Data warehousing design -- OLAP -- Data mining.