Database Systems: Design, Implementation, and Management

by Peter Rob, Carlos Coronel

Database Design, Implementation, and Management, Eighth Edition, a market-leader for database texts, gives readers a solid foundation in practical database design and implementation. The book provides in-depth coverage of database design, demonstrating that the key to successful database implementation is in proper design of databases to fit within a larger strategic view of the data environment. Updates for the eighth edition include additional Unified Modeling Language coverage, expanded coverage of SQL Server functions, all-new business intelligence coverage, and added coverage of data security. With a strong hands-on component that includes real-world examples and exercises, this book will help students develop database design skills that have valuable and meaningful application in the real world.

Genres: Textbooks, Computer Science, Technology, Programming, Nonfiction, Reference, Technical

728 pages, Hardcover

Published December 20, 2007

Reviews

[Wendelle]

It's a good and complete book but I feel its verbosity detracts from its clarity

[Becky]

We used the 13th Edition in my graduate class, and this was hands down the best textbook we had used yet. Excellent organization, clean and clear graphics, very approachable content.

[John · Rating 4 out of 5]

There is a lot of information to unpack in this textbook. It is a little difficult to tie together elements to a particular database system. For example, the author references differences between Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server, but the unique versions of each are not always clearly marked. Fortunately, I was reading this while taking an in-classroom course, so specifics were easier to gain from that instruction. For relational database theory, this was a good text.

[Phương Nguyễn · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this book because it is referred to in my "introduction to database" unit. I did not read the whole book but all recommended sections are really informative with clear and thorough explanations. Such a good book for beginners like me.

[Servabo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really excellent book in describing the concepts and breaking complex theories into simpler terms. I would strongly recommend this book to anyone learning about database design and systems.

[Jay M · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some explanations were too redundant to the point were its hard to comprehend when it could have been written using less words.

[Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

Glad I bought used (as usual). A great professor practically rendered this useless, but will keep for possible reference.

[Sara · Rating 1 out of 5]

Outdated

Outdated, online material doesn’t exist. You probably aren’t buying this because you have a choice though I suppose. Good luck.

[Kaylee · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this for a class--this textbook was super helpful and made learning the basics of SQL easy. I loved the class and this book.

[Skye Khuu · Rating 1 out of 5]

You would think they fixed all errors by the 14th edition...

Explanations are poorly worded, repetitive, and filled with unnecessary technical jargon to explain simple concepts.

[Jason Payne · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not bad, not terribly good either, there's no way this is worth $100. Of course, the same could be said of most course texts I've had, but still--it's such a rich, rewarding field of study and despite nice and colorful graphics throughout, the text ignores too much of what is really interesting about databases.

[Tom Fox · Rating 5 out of 5]

Extraordinarily complete and accessible in its scope and approach, this is the ONE database book I keep coming back to for an on-the-job reference work. If you only have one database book, make it this one.

[Sri Sai]

itz good

[Johnny Kavanagh]

Excellent book with also a lot of knowledge about SQL,reccomended.

[Shivaraju]

excellent book

[Justine · Rating 3 out of 5]

This isn't written in the most accessible manner and seems to emphasize theory a bit more than I would have preferred.

[Jakob Barnard · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pretty solid textbook, laid out the concepts well.

[Jacob · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is one of the best text book's I have ever dealt with. The information is clear and easy to follow. It was a great resource to use for a database design introductory class.

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[Nik · Rating 2 out of 5]

Ch. 1 - Overview, boring file storage background

[Leon · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good intro to Database management

[Arlene M. · Rating 3 out of 5]

Excellent book!

[Jay · Rating 4 out of 5]

as college textbooks go this is laid out well and easy to read.

[TJ · Rating 1 out of 5]

Made me hate databases more than I already do.