Description: The release of this new edition of An Introduction to Database Systems coincides with the 25th Anniversary of its initial publication. The Seventh Edition continues to focus on the hallmark features of its previous editions: providing a solid grounding in the foundations of database technology and giving some ideas of how the field is likely to develop in the future. Emphasizing insight and understanding rather than formalisms, Chris Date has divided the book into six parts: Basic Concepts, The Relational Model, Database Design, Transaction Management, Further Topics, and Object and Object/Relational Databases. This comprehensive introduction to databases, written by a leader in the field, has been thoroughly revised to reflect the latest developments and advances in the field of database systems. Throughout the book, there are numerous worked examples and exercises for the reader -- with answers -- as well as an extensive set of annotated references which will make it very useful to the practitioner who will use it as an excellent resource book.

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