Database Systems

A Comprehensive Introduction to the Theory behind Databases Extended chapter on database architectures and the Web, covering cloud computing New Section on Data Warehousing and Temporal Databases Updated treatment to cover the latest version of the SQL standard, which was released late 2011 (SQL:2011) Extended chapter on replication and mobile databases Updated chapters on Web-DBMS integration and XML Extended treatment of XML, SPARQL, XQuery 1.0 and XPath 2.0 (including the new XQuery Update facility), and the new SQL:2011 SQL/XML standard Coverage updated to Oracle 11gA Clear Introduction to the Theory behind Databases New review questions and exercises at the end of chapters allow readers to test their understanding