Book IV
Data Security
Contents at a Glance
Chapter 1: Protecting Against Hardware Failure and External Threats
What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
Taking Advantage of RAID
Backing Up Your System
Coping with Internet Threats
Installing Layers of Protection
Chapter 2: Protecting Against User Errors and Conflicts
Reducing Data-Entry Errors
Coping with Errors in Database Design
Handling Programming Errors
Solving Concurrent-Operation Conflicts
Passing the ACID Test: Atomicity, Consistency, Isolation, and Durability
Operating with Transactions
Getting Familiar with Locking
Tuning Locks
Enforcing Serializability with Timestamps
Tuning the Recovery System
Chapter 3: Assigning Access Privileges
Working with the SQL Data Control Language
Identifying Authorized Users
Classifying Users
Granting Privileges
Revoking Privileges
Granting Roles
Revoking Roles
Chapter 4: Error Handling
Identifying Error Conditions
Getting to Know SQLSTATE
Handling Conditions
Dealing with Execution Exceptions: The WHENEVER Clause
Getting More Information: The Diagnostics Area
Examining an Example Constraint Violation
Adding Constraints to an Existing Table
Interpreting SQLSTATE Information
Handling Exceptions
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