Ebook: Databases demystified

"Now you can design, build, and manage a fully functional database with ease. Thoroughly updated to cover the latest technologies and techniques, Databases Demystified, Second Edition gives you the hands-on help you need to get started. Written in a step-by-step format, this practical guide covers methods that can be used with any database, including Microsoft Access, MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server, and Oracle. You'll learn about relational database components, database queries, SQL, the database life cycle, logical database design using normalization, and physical database design. Data and process modeling, database security, Online Analytical Processing (OLAP), and XML are also covered." -- Back cover. Read more... Database fundamentals -- Exploring relational database components -- Forms-based database queries -- Introduction to SQL -- The database life cycle -- Logical database design using normalization -- Data and process modeling -- Physical database design -- Connecting databases to the outside world -- Database security -- Database implementation -- Databases for online analytical processing -- Integrating XML documents and objects into databases