Beginning Database Design: From Novice to Professional by Clare Churcher (Englis

Description: Beginning Database Design by Clare Churcher Beginning Database Design, Second Edition provides short, easy-to-read explanations of how to get database design right the first time. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Beginning Database Design, Second Edition provides short, easy-to-read explanations of how to get database design right the first time. This book offers numerous examples to help you avoid the many pitfalls that entrap new and not-so-new database designers. Through the help of use cases and class diagrams modeled in the UML, youll learn to discover and represent the details and scope of any design problem you choose to attack.Database design is not an exact science. Many are surprised to find that problems with their databases are caused by poor design rather than by difficulties in using the database management software. Beginning Database Design, Second Edition helps you ask and answer important questions about your data so you can understand the problem you are trying to solve and create a pragmatic design capturing the essentials while leaving the door open for refinements and extension at a later stage. Solid database design principles and examples help demonstrate the consequences of simplifications and pragmatic decisions. The rationale is to try to keep a design simple, but allow room for development as situations change or resources permit.Provides solid design principles by which to avoid pitfalls and support changing needs Includes numerous examples of good and bad design decisions and their consequences Shows a modern method for documenting design using the Unified Modeling Language Notes First edition is 4 ¿ stars on Amazon.com, with 15 five-star reviews. Presents a modern notational language for design based upon the UML. Distinguishes itself by showing good design applied beyond just relational database systems to power user environments such as Microsoft Excel. Appeals to readers through its short, to the point, conversational approach. Author Biography Clare Churcher is currently a senior lecturer in the Department of Applied Computing at Lincoln University, New Zealand. She holds a degree in physics with first class honors and completed a Ph.D in physics at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand. She has done postdoctoral research in the Cavendish Laboratory at the University of Cambridge, England. Clare s research interests are in the management and visualization of data especially for scientific research. She has a background in database design, and has taught programming, analysis and design of information systems, and database management at undergraduate level, as well as software engineering and scientific visualization at post graduate level. Table of Contents * What Can Go Wrong? * Guided Tour of the Development Process * Initial Requirements and Use Cases * Learning from the Data Model * Developing a Data Model * Generalization and Specialization * From Data Model to Relational Schema * Normalization * More on Keys and Constraints * Queries * User Interface * Other Implementations Long Description Beginning Database Design, Second Edition provides short, easy-to-read explanations of how to get database design right the first time. This book offers numerous examples to help you avoid the many pitfalls that entrap new and not-so-new database designers. Through the help of use cases and class diagrams modeled in the UML, youll learn to discover and represent the details and scope of any design problem you choose to attack. Database design is not an exact science. Many are surprised to find that problems with their databases are caused by poor design rather than by difficulties in using the database management software. Beginning Database Design, Second Edition helps you ask and answer important questions about your data so you can understand the problem you are trying to solve and create a pragmatic design capturing the essentials while leaving the door open for refinements and extension at a later stage. Solid database design principles and examples help demonstrate the consequences of simplifications and pragmatic decisions. The rationale is to try to keep a design simple, but allow room for development as situations change or resources permit. Provides solid design principles by which to avoid pitfalls and support changing needs Includes numerous examples of good and bad design decisions and their consequences Shows a modern method for documenting design using the Unified Modeling Language What youll learn Avoid the most common pitfalls in database design. Create clear use cases from project requirements. Design a data model to support the use cases. Apply generalization and specialization appropriately. Secure future flexibility through a normalized design. Ensure integrity through relationships, keys, and constraints. Successfully implement your data model as a relational schema. Who this book is for Beginning Database Design, Second Edition is aimed at desktop power users, developers, database administrators, and others who are charged with caring for data and storing it in ways that preserve its meaning and integrity. Desktop users will appreciate the coverage of Excel as a plausible database Feature Beginning Database Design, Second Edition helps you ask and answer important questions about your data so that you can avoid pitfalls and get database design right the first time. Details ISBN1430242094 Author Clare Churcher Year 2012 ISBN-10 1430242094 ISBN-13 9781430242093 Media Book Format Paperback Pages 252 Language English Edition 2nd DEWEY 005.756 Imprint APress Replaces 9781590597699 Short Title BEGINNING DATABASE DESIGN 2/E Subtitle From Novice to Professional Place of Publication Berlin Country of Publication Germany DOI 10.1007/978-1-4302-4210-9 Series Apressus UK Release Date 2012-06-29 Publication Date 2012-06-29 Publisher Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Edition Description 2nd ed. Alternative 9781484252178 Illustrations XXV, 252 p. Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:96236486;

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