This text combines explanations of theory and design, broad coverage of models and real systems and examples with up-to-date introductions to modern database technologies. This edition focuses on the relational model and includes recent object-oriented developments such as SQL3 and ODMG. The authors provide coverage of the popular DBMS products, in particular the relational systems Oracle and Microsoft Access. They also address advanced modelling and system enhancements in the areas of active databases, temporal and spatial databases and multimedia data models. This edition also surveys the latest application areas of data warehousing, data mining, digital libraries, GIS and genome databases.
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