Demystifying Databases: A Hands-on Guide to Database Management

As databases have become more powerful, more standardized, and more affordable, database technology has been transformed from a proprietary technology that companies can use to gain an edge over their rivals into an infrastructural technology that is shared by all competitors. This book presents the concepts for design and implementation of modern databases. An analytical approach is followed so that the concepts learned can be applied not only to the wide variety of databases that exist, but ca…