Database: Models, Languages, Design

This text presents the traditional topics of a first undergraduate Computer Science course in database theory in a thorough manner. The author conveys a clearer and more comprehensive introduction to database theory than competing books through his organization of the material and explanations of the concepts. The author describes five database models which represent current practice (the relational model), future trends (the object-oriented and deductive models), and past experiences (the network and hierarchical models). It is intended as a text for a first undergraduate database course as well as for self-study by database practitioners. A solutions manual will be available.