Intended for students learning databases for the first time, this second edition presents the principles underlying the design and implementation of databases and database applications. It covers database topics such as Object Databases, Security, XML and Data Mining. It contains chapters on transaction processing, and software engineering issues.

PART ONE Introduction   Chapter 1 Overview of Databases and Transactions What Are Databases and Transactions? Features of Modern Database and Transaction Processing Systems Major Players in the Implementation and Support of Database and Transaction Processing Systems Decision Support Systems—OLAP and OLTP   Chapter 2 The Big Picture Case Study: A Student Registration System Introduction to Relational Databases What Makes a Program a Transaction—The ACID Properties Bibliographic Notes Exercises   PART TWO Database Management   Chapter 3 The Relational Data Model What Is a Data Model? The Relational Model SQL—Data Definition Sublanguage Bibliographic Notes Exercises   Chapter 4 Conceptual Modeling of Databases with Entity-Relationship Diagrams and the Unified Modeling Language Conceptual Modeling with the E-R Approach Entities and Entity Types Relationships and Relationship Types Advanced Features in Conceptual Data Modeling From E-R Diagrams to Relational Database Schemas UML: A New Kid on the Block A Brokerage Firm Example Case Study: A Database Design for the Student Registration System Limitations of Data Modeling Methodologies Bibliographic Notes Exercises   Chapter 5 Relational Algebra and SQL Relational Algebra: Under the Hood of SQL The Query Sublanguage of SQL Modifying Relation Instances in SQL Bibliographic Notes Exercises   Chapter 6 Database Design with the Relational Normalization Theory The Problem of Redundancy Decompositions Functional Dependencies Properties of Functional Dependencies Normal Forms Properties of Decompositions An Algorithm for BCNF Decomposition Synthesis of 3NF Schemas The Fourth Normal Form Advanced 4NF Design Summary of Normal Form Decomposition Case Study: Schema Refinement for the Student Registration System Tuning Issues: To Decompose or Not to Decompose? Bibliographic Notes Exercises   Chapter 7 Triggers and Active Databases What Is a Trigger? Semantic Issues in Trigger Handling Triggers in SQL Avoiding a Chain Reaction Bibliographic Notes Exercises   Chapter 8 Using SQL in an Application What Are the Issues Involved? Embedded SQL More on Integrity Constraints Dynamic SQL JDBC and SQLJ ODBC Comparison Bibliographic Notes Exercises   PART THREE Optimizing DBMS Performance   Chapter 9 Physical Data Organization and Indexing Disk Organization Heap Files Sorted Files Indices Multilevel Indexing Hash Indexing Special-Purpose Indices Tuning Issues: Choosing Indices for an Application Bibliographic Notes Exercises   Chapter 10 The Basics of Query Processing Overview of Query Processing External Sorting Computing Projection, Union, and Set Difference Computing Selection Computing Joins Multirelational Joins Computing Aggregate Functions Bibliographic Notes Exercises   Chapter 11 An Overview of Query Optimization Query Processing Architecture Heuristic Optimization Based on Algebraic Equivalences Estimating the Cost of a Query Execution Plan Estimating the Size of the Output Choosing a Plan Bibliographic Notes Exercises   Chapter 12 Database Tuning Disk Caches Tuning the Schema Tuning the Data Manipulation Language Tools Managing Physical Resources Influencing the Optimizer Bibliographic Notes Exercises   PART FOUR Advanced Topics in Databases   Chapter 13 Relational Calculus, Visual Query Languages, and Deductive Databases Tuple Relational Calculus Understanding SQL through Tuple Relational Calculus Domain Relational Calculus and Visual Query Languages Visual Query Languages: QBE and PC Databases The Relationship between Relational Algebra and the Calculi Deductive Databases Bibliographic Notes Exercises   Chapter 14 Object Databases Limitations of the Relational Data Model Object Databases versus Relational Databases The Conceptual Object Data Model Objects in SQL:1999 and SQL:2003 The ODMG Standard Common Object Request Broker Architecture Bibliographic Notes Exercises   Chapter 15 XML and Web Data Semistructured Data Overview of XML XML Schema XML Query Languages Bibliographic Notes Exercises   Chapter 16 Distributed Databases The Application Designer’s View of the Database Distributing Data among Different Databases Query Planning Strategies Bibliographic Notes Exercises   Chapter 17 OLAP and Data Mining OLAP and Data Warehouses—Old and New A Multidimensional Model for OLAP Applications Aggregation ROLAP and MOLAP Implementation Issues Populating a Data Warehouse Data Mining Tasks Mining Associations Classification and Prediction Using Decision Trees Classification and Prediction Using Neural Nets Clustering Bibliographic Notes Exercises   PART FIVE Transaction Processing   Chapter 18 ACID Properties of Transactions Consistency Atomicity Durability Isolation The ACID Properties Bibliographic Notes Exercises   Chapter 19 Models of Transactions Flat Transactions Providing Structure within a Transaction Structuring an Application as Multiple Transactions Bibliographic Notes Exercises   Chapter 20 Implementing Isolation Schedules and Schedule Equivalence Recoverability, Cascaded Aborts, and Strictness Models for Concurrency Control A Strategy for Immediate-Update Pessimistic Concurrency Controls Design of an Immediate-Update Pessimistic Concurrency Control Objects and Semantic Commutativity Atomicity, Recoverability, and Compensating Operations Isolation in Structured Transaction Models Other Concurrency Controls Bibliographic Notes Exercises   Chapter 21 Isolation in Relational Databases Conflicts in a Relational Database Locking and the SQL Isolation Levels Granular Locking: Intention Locks and Index Locks Tuning Transactions Multiversion Concurrency Controls Bibliographic Notes Exercises   Chapter 22 Atomicity and Durability Crash, Abort, and Media Failure Immediate-Update Systems and Write-Ahead Logs Recovery in Deferred-Update Systems Recovery from Media Failure Bibliographic Notes Exercises   PART SIX Distributed Applications and the Web   Chapter 23 Architecture of Transaction Processing Systems Transaction Processing in a Centralized System Transaction Processing in a Distributed System The TP Monitor: An Overview The TP Monitor: Global Atomicity and the Transaction Manager The TP Monitor: Remote Procedure Call The TP Monitor: Peer-to-Peer Communication The TP Monitor: Event Communication Storage Architectures Transaction Processing on the Internet Web Application Servers—J2EE Bibliographic Notes Exercises   Chapter 24 Implementing Distributed Transactions Implementing the ACID Properties Atomic Termination Transfer of Coordination Distributed Deadlock Global Serialization When Global Atomicity Cannot Be Guaranteed Replicated Databases Distributed Transactions in the Real World Bibliographic Notes Exercises   Chapter 25 Web Services The Basic Idea Web Basics Hypertext Transfer Protocol SOAP: Message Passing WSDL: Specifying Web Services BPEL: Specifying Business Processes UDDI: Publishing and Discovering Information about Services WS-Coordination: Transactional Web Services Bibliographic Notes Exercises   Chapter 26 Security and Electronic Commerce Authentication, Authorization, and Encryption Encryption Digital Signatures Key Distribution and Authentication Authorization Authenticated Remote Procedure Call Electronic Commerce The Secure Sockets Layer Protocol: Certificates Passport: Single Sign-On Keeping Credit Card Numbers Private The Secure Electronic Transaction Protocol: Dual Signatures Goods Atomicity, Certified Delivery, and Escrow Electronic Cash: Blind Signatures Security in XML-Based Web Services Bibliographic Notes Exercises   Bibliography Index Appendices, available on the Web   A An Overview of Transaction Processing Isolation Atomicity and Durability Implementing Distributed Transactions Bibliographic Notes Exercises   B Requirements and Specifications Software Engineering Methodology The Requirements Document for the Student Registration System Requirements Analysis—New Issues Specifying the Student Registration System The Specification Document for the Student Registration System: Section III The Next Step in the Software Engineering Process Bibliographic Notes Exercises   C Design, Coding, and Testing The Design Process Test Plan Project Planning Coding Incremental Development The Project Management Plan Design and Code for the Student Registration System Bibliographic Notes Exercises  

A new  chapter onData Mining has been added. A new chapter on Web Services that contains material on SOAP, WSDL, BPEL, UDDI, and XML-based transaction processing using  WS-Coordination and WS-Transaction has been added. More sections covering Security in XML-Based Web Services. Coverage of SQL updated to the latest  standard. Added material on Web Application Servers and J2EE. A new chapter on Database Tuning has been added. More coverage on XML-based encryption, using XML-Encryption, XML-Signature, WS-Security and SAML. Added material on UML.