This is an excellent book.The explanations are clear, to the point, and illustrated by great examples.The only book I've ever seen that explains relational database design clearly AND shows how to implement it in Oracle.Outstanding!Best purchase I've made in a long time.Product Description
This text provides hands-on instruction to relational database design and management using Oracle examples. The proven format features step-by-step tutorials, end-of-chapter reviews, practice questions, key term lists, and lab projects.
From the Back Cover
Essential IT Skills for On-the-Job Success
Learn to use a database to transform vast amounts of information into orderly, correlated data. Introduction to Relational Databases and SQL Programming introduces fundamental database concepts, then teaches you how to store, retrieve, and manipulate data and how to use SQL and PL/SQL. Using Oracle9i as an example, the book offers hands-on tutorials and exercises, including the Clapham Specialty Store case study, so you can apply your skills to real-world business scenarios.Inside this book, you will learn how to:
- Work with key database components--tables, rows, records, columns, and fields
- Store and retrieve data
- Perform advanced data manipulation
- Control SQL*Plus
- Apply Oracle SQL built-in functions
- Determine when to use an index
- Create PL/SQL programs
- Read data models
- Design a database structure
- Normalize your database and correct data anomalies
- Analyze data quality issues
- Learning Objectives
- Many Figures and Illustrations
- Clapham Specialty Store Case
- Step-by-Step Tutorials
- Real-World Examples
- Cross Check Exercises
- Inside Information Sidebars
- Helpful Notes, Tips, and Warnings
- Chapter Summaries and Key Term Lists
- End-of-Chapter Quizzes and Lab Projects
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