Databases DeMYSTiFieD
Author: Andy Oppel
ISBN: 9780071747998 / 0071747990
©2011 | 2nd Edition | 448 pages | Paperback
Pub Date: DEC-10
Price: US$ 22.00
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Hard stuff made easy! Your practical, self-paced guide to database fundamentals
Databases Demystified, Second Edition is the curriculum-based tutorial for anyone overwhelmed by confusing subjects and complex textbooks. The book is user friendly, engaging, easy to follow, and designed for the student or non-expert wanting to quickly learn the ins and outs of databases and immediately apply the concepts learned.
Clear language, step-by-step discussions, and quizzes at the end of each chapter make understanding databases easy. Learn how to form database queries using Microsoft Access and SQL, explore methods for connecting a database to applications, and discover how to store historical data for analyses. From logical data design using normalization, to database security and data warehousing, this hands-on guide is simple enough for a beginner but challenging enough for an advanced student.
Databases Demystified, Second Edition
- Covers Access 2010, the latest ANSI/ISO standard, and MySQL 5.5
- Includes new coverage of advanced normal forms, UML diagrams, and integrating XML and objects into databases
- Features chapter-opening objectives that offer insight into what you’re going to learn in each step
- Provides questions at the end of every chapter to reinforce learning and pinpoint weaknesses
- Contains a final exam for overall self-assessment
About the Author
Andrew J. (Andy) Oppel (Alameda, CA) is a proud graduate of The Boys’ Latin School of Maryland and of Transylvania University (Lexington, Kentucky) where he earned a BA in computer science. He has been continuously employed in a wide variety of information technology positions, including programmer, programmer/analyst, systems architect, project manager, senior database administrator, database group manager, consultant, database designer, data modeler, and data architect.
In addition, he has served as a part-time instructor with the University of California, Berkeley, Extension, for more than 25 years and received the Honored Instructor Award for the year 2000. His teaching work included developing three courses for UC Extension, “Concepts of Database Management Systems,” “Introduction to Relational Database Management Systems,” and “Data Modeling and Database Design.” He also earned his Oracle 9i Database Associate certification in 2003. He is currently a senior data modeler for Blue Shield of California. Andy has designed and implemented hundreds of databases for a wide range of applications, including medical research, banking, insurance, apparel manufacturing, telecommunications, wireless communications, and human resources.
He is the author of Databases Demystified (McGraw-Hill Professional, 2004), SQL Demystified (McGraw-Hill Professional, 2005), Databases: A Beginner’s Guide (McGraw-Hill Professional, 2009), and Data Modeling: A Beginner’s Guide (McGraw-Hill Professional, 2010), and is co-author of two other books. His database product experience includes IMS, DB2, Sybase ASE, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Access, MySQL, and Oracle (versions 7, 8, 8i, 9i, and 10g). The current edition of the book had 20 five-star reviews on Amazon.
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