Publisher's Synopsis
- The perfect reference for programmers, administrators, or Web designers who are new to database development and are uncertain as to how to design and structure a database efficiently
- Shows how to design and implement robust, scalable databases on any of the major relational database management systems, including Access, SQL Server, IBM DB2, MySQL, and Oracle
- Covers all the key database design steps including modeling, normalization, SQL, denormalization, object–modeling, data warehousing, and performance
- Provides plenty of real–world examples and a complete beginning–to–end case study of creating a database that includes the analysis and planning, tables and data structures, business rules, and hardware requirements
