For undergraduate courses covering databases for the following departments; Computer Science, Business IT, Management Information Systems, MSc conversion courses. Over 200,000 people have been grounded in good database design practice by reading Database Systems . The new edition of this best-seller brings it up to date with the latest developments in database technology and builds on the clear, accessible approach that has contributed to the success of previous editions. A clear introduction to design, implementation and management issues, as well as an extensive treatment of database languages and standards, make this book an indispensable complete reference for database students and professionals alike.
This is one heavy brick of a book. Don’t drop it on your head while reading in bed, you might never wake up again. Very detailed, comprehensive, and informative. More theoretical than practical and a bit to the dry side, though. Drink lots of water along with this one.
I absolutely did not read the entire thing, but it was a textbook for an MLIS class I took in database design so I did read a good amount of it.
This was all completely new information to me and not really in my wheelhouse, but Connolly does a fantastic job breaking things down for a newbie. Even though my brain hurt pretty often while trying to take in all the information, it actually helped me realize that I'm very interested in database creation!
I think I blacked out when the discussion turned to relational algebra and calculus... but thankfully my class didn't focus on those elements lol.
Had to read this for my minor. With not too much database management experience, this book was a little rough. If you have database management and design experience, I think this book would be nice to read, but man, it was a bit intense. I've been reading this book in a Data Base course at the university.
kitab suci di kampus gw buat anak database :D untuk penulisan di skripsi diwajibkan buku dari pak connolly ini tidak heran klo setiap mau skripsi or ujian buku ini laris manis sampai tidak berbekasi di perpustakaan dari isi menurut gw komplit dimulai dengan konsep database berlanjut dengan contoh-contoh sql dari yang mudah hingga komplex dilanjutkan dengan membangun database dari conceptual hingga pengimplementasian secara physical pokoknya top bgt lah ini buku!!
I'm not a database designer but when I had to design a database I used the book as a reference. I found good theoretical base with rich examples that had a great value to me.
Not a bad textbook, but some parts are fairly outdated (my 4th edition was written in 2004). I still read the whole thing because it's all I have right now. So better than nothing.