Principles of Database Systems with Internet and Java Applications | 
 enlarge | Author: Greg Riccardi
Publisher: Addison Wesley
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Dimensions (in): 9.4 x 7.5 x 1.1
ISBN: 0321185560
Dewey Decimal Number: 005
EAN: 9780321185563
ASIN: 0321185560
Publication Date: December 14, 2002
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This book provides a concise and modern treatment of introductory database topics that enlists Java and the Internet to present core Database Management (DBMS) theory from an applications perspective. It incorporates programming and database applications when presenting the core theory behind DBMS and their applications. Information management is the central theme of Principles of Database Systems with Internet and Java Applications. The book motivates the development of data models and the representation of information in relational database systems. Students learn how to define database content with Entity-Relationship models, and how to represent that content in relational systems. They become thoroughly familiar with the SQL language, and learn exactly what is required to build quality information-rich applications. Students also learn how the World Wide Web and Java can work together to publish and collect information in the widest possible context. This book covers the basic material of information management in detail. Topics covered include analyzing information requirements, conceptual data modeling, translation of conceptual models to relational needs, normalization of relational schemas, SQL, and database application programming. Additional topics include object-oriented modeling and object databases, database performance and optimization, constraints and triggers, transactions, and file structures. The interaction between applications and databases is discussed and illustrated in the context of Web sites. The JDBC classes of Java provide a database- and platform-independent method of creating database applications, and all of these classes are thoroughly discussed with abundant examples. After learning the fundamentals of HTML and CGI programming, students create their own Web sites using Java programs to service CGI requests and generate HTML responses. Further topics include the use of Java servlets to replace CGI programs and the use of Java I/O classes for the development of file structures. The Java language provides the foundation for all programming examples because of its portable approach to database access through the JDBC classes. Students do not need extensive experience with Java before using this book, only knowledge of an object-oriented language.
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 Too many words and confusing January 1, 2008
The book is so heavy on words that it is hard to follow. The author started with ER Diagrams (he made it very complicated when it is not that hard) and then jumped into SQL. Needs more SQL and less ER Diagrams. Then he went into Hard Drive and memory, which is not necessary. This books should be base on Databases and Java, therefore it is poor on this issue. I believe there is another book out there, which can be better.
 Too complicated, author needs to "speak english doc!" April 14, 2004
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I used this book while I was attending a class in database systems. After some 100-150 pages I simply stopped reading it. The author is to much into using academic mombo-jombo talk, that just trying to understand one simple line sometimes seems impossible. After some time the lessons got to the point in the book where I had given up and after the teacher explained it, I was thinking "Was that it?". The author needs to realise that it is a LEARNING book he is trying to write, not a "look, im smarter than you" book. I'd pretty much recomend ANYTHING other than this book....its useless in my opinion.
Almost worthless as a textbook October 16, 2003
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The book relies heavily on explaining concepts through the examples outlined. So heavily, in fact, that trying to understand a single concept is almost impossible without reading the book as a whole.
To use it, you kind of have to read it cover to cover--novel style. This is rarely a useful way to approach technical learning, and other books do much better with alternate approaches.
There's sure to be a better Databases textbook out there. August 26, 2000
4 out of 7 found this review helpful
I took this course from Dr. Riccardi himself at FSU. To be fair, the book was still in the development stage when I had his class. However, I found that the examples in the book never quite communicated the idea he was attempting to communicate. The examples were not simple enough, and very often showed multiple concepts which tended to take away from the effectiveness of the example.The book is also a bit confusing. There are a lot of terms that have been carefully defined, however, similar sounding terms have a completely different connotation. Although Java is not a stated prerequisite to this course, I would recommend having Java either before taking the class or during the same semester. Later in the book there are some assignments in Java. The author expected the class to be comfortable with reading and modifying Java source code.
 Principles of Database Systems August 25, 2000
2 out of 8 found this review helpful
This book does a wonderful job explaining database systems using Java. I have read many books on the subject and this is the best one I have found.
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