Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
  Part I     Basic Concepts and Installation
Chapter 1    Relational Database Systems: An Introduction
        Database Systems: An Overview
              Variety of User Interfaces
              Physical Data Independence
              Logical Data Independence
              Query Optimization
              Data Integrity
              Concurrency Control
              Backup and Recovery
              Database Security
        Relational Database Systems
              Working with the Book’s Sample Database
              SQL: A Relational Database Language
        Database Design
              Normal Forms
              Entity-Relationship Model
        Syntax Conventions
        Summary
        Exercises ...

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