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Title: Fundamentals of Database Systems, Fourth Edition by Ramez Elmasri, Shamkant B. Navathe ISBN: 0-321-12226-7 Publisher: Pearson Addison Wesley Pub. Date: 23 July, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $95.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.9 (31 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: One of the best books in Database Concepts
Comment: The author has done great justice to the subject of database in the modern settings. I recommend this book as the first serious academic (yet practical) database book to read.It is not a book on a specific tool however. It is mainly a conceptual development book as it claims to be. As a faculty member in Computer Science, I have read many database books at all levels of difficulties. It is one of the best books I have read that I think has provided the clearest possible explanation on the Entity Relationship model.
Having said all these positive comments, I would like to suggest to the authors to put more in-depth, concrete, as well as practical examples in the topics on Relational Calculus and Relational Algebra in order to the students true appreciations why efforts on learning such abstracts tools are justified. Much stronger emphasis on Object-Oriented databases would be a very timely addtions to the next edition, which I sincerely look forward to purchasing a copy of, if and when it materializes.
I strongly recommend this book for a 3rd year level univeristy level database course for all faculties in computer science and computer information systems as a formal text. It is well worth every penny of your money spent.
Lawrence Lee
Vancouver BC, Canada.
Rating: 5
Summary: Intelligent and Complete
Comment: Some people claim this book is too difficult for novices to understand, but that's just not true -- I was a complete novice! The book's not for *skimming* and I think that's the problem. The authors don't include extraneous paragraphs or even sentences, which means it's all necessary. Start at the beginning, maybe even take a couple notes and you'll be fine -- you'll be great in fact, there is wealth of knowledge and experience infused in every chapter. It is definitely one of the most intelligently written, clear, and complete Computer Science books I have yet read.
Rating: 5
Summary: vikon
Comment: This is a most comprehensive book for database at the same time having enough depth and I have used this book for 2 courses and read it in entirely.It covers every area of the db from realtional models,database design,system impelmentation techniques to advanced concepts.If you want to know about databases in entierty, this is the book.
I have read some of the negative reviews, guys this is a not book for learning sql or for that matter is not titled database for dummies.I agree that you need some background in computer science but I donot think there is advanced math in it.
Please READ THE TITLE and the abstract and probably then make your views about the book.
I give it 5 stars because it achieves what it desires brilliantly
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Title: Operating System Concepts by Abraham Silberschatz, Greg Gagne, Peter Baer Galvin ISBN: 0471250600 Publisher: Wiley Text Books Pub. Date: 08 March, 2002 List Price(USD): $95.95 |
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Title: Oracle9i: The Complete Reference by Kevin Loney, George Koch, Tusc ISBN: 0072225211 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media Pub. Date: 16 August, 2002 List Price(USD): $74.99 |
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Title: Oracle 9i Programming: A Primer by Rajshekhar Sunderraman ISBN: 0321194985 Publisher: Pearson Addison Wesley Pub. Date: 23 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $32.00 |
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Title: Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach Featuring the Internet by James F. Kurose, Keith W. Ross, James Kurose, Keith Ross ISBN: 0201976994 Publisher: Pearson Addison Wesley Pub. Date: 17 July, 2002 List Price(USD): $97.00 |
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Title: Introduction to Algorithms, Second Edition by Thomas H. Cormen, Charles E. Leiserson, Ronald L. Rivest, Clifford Stein ISBN: 0262032937 Publisher: MIT Press Pub. Date: 01 September, 2001 List Price(USD): $79.95 |
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