Database Development for Dummies

The key to successful database development is accurate and appropriate modeling of the real-world system that will be placed on the computer. Database Development For Dummies describes in detail two popular modeling methods, the entity-relationship model and the semantic object model. Once the model of a system is complete, the book describes how to convert the model into a database design, then implement the model on the target platform.

Database on intranets and the Internet is covered, as are the issues that arise when multiple users simultaneously access the same database. A chapter is devoted to the emerging enterprise database market, including data warehousing. Another chapter covers the new object-relational technology.

Contents

• Chapter 1: Database Processing
• Chapter 2: Database Development
• Chapter 3: The Users' Model
• Chapter 4: The Entity-Relationship Model
• Chapter 5: The Semantic Object Model
• Chapter 6: Determining What You Are Going to Do
• Chapter 7: The Relational Model
• Chapter 8: Using an Entity-Relationship Model to Design a Database
• Chapter 9: Using a Semantic Object Model to Design a Database
• Chapter 10: Using DBMS Tools to Implement a Database
• Chapter 11: Addressing Bigger Problems with SQL Server 2000
• Chapter 12: Using SQL to Implement a Database
• Chapter 13: Using DBMS Tools to Implement a Database Application
• Chapter 14: SQL and Database Applications
• Chapter 15: Database on Networks
• Chapter 16: Database Security and Reliability
• Chapter 17: Ten Rules to Remember When Creating a Database
• Chapter 18: Ten Rules to Remember When Creating a Database Application
• Index