Preface.- PART 1: GETTING STARTED A Brief History of Data.- Liga Utopia.- PART 2: DATABASE SYSTEMS Data Modelling.- Normalisation.- The Roots of SQL.- SQL.- More SQL.- Data Security.- Further SQL.- Server Side Programming.- Database Architecture.- PART 3: IMPLEMENTING THE SYSTEM Client Server Models.- Further PL/SQL.- Implementing in Java.- PART 4: ADVANCED DATABASE ISSUES Underlying Structures.- Decision Support Systems.- Database Performance.- Web Interfaces.- Parallel Databases.- Distributed Databases.- Text & Document Management.- Appendices.- Index.

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