Data is one of the most critical assets of any business. It is used and collected practically everywhere, from business trying to determine consumer patterns based on credit card usage, to space agencies trying to collect data from other planets. Database software usage is pervarsive, yet it is taken from granted by the billions of daily users worldwide.
This book gets you started into the fascinating world of databases. It provides the fundamentals of database management systems, databases, the SQL language and XML.
The book includes examples and exercises that will give you good hands on expericence and allow you to explore yourself how database concepts actually work.
Me gustan mucho los primeros capítulos porque recorren la historia de las bases de datos relacionales, con su terminología original, ya algo quedada en el olvido. Mejoraría los capítulos de XML que son un poco áridos.