Database Design Using Entity-Relationship Diagrams

ISBN-13: 9781032323213 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 256 str.

Sikha Saha Bagui; Richard Walsh Earp

Opis

Thoroughly revised and updated, this third edition covers, in an intuitive, way, the database design process, from the inception of a database to effectively mapping the design to a relational model, which can then be implemented in any relational software. Students also learn how to reverse engineer a database from relational mappings.

Spis treści

Data, Databases, and the Software Engineering Process. Data and Data Models. The Relational Model and Functional Dependencies. The Basic Entity Relationship (ER) Diagram: A Data Modeling Schema. Beyond the First Entity Diagram. Extending Relationships/Structural Constraints. The Weak Entity. Further Extensions for ER Diagrams with Binary Relationships. Ternary and Higher-Order ER Diagrams. The Enhanced Entity Relationship (EER) Model. Relational Mapping and Reverse Engineering ER/EER Diagrams. A Brief Overview of the Barker/Oracle-Like Model.