第1章-第7章应该以它们在本书中出现的顺序来进行讲授。第8章包含了许多信息,学生需要利用这些信息将前几章所学到的知识运用到实践中。但是,后续的章节并不是很依赖于第8章。第3部分中的第9章~第12章也应当按照顺序进行讲授。第4部分中软件工程方面的章节利用了第2部分和第3部分中的章节内容,但是关于软件工程的章节可以和数据库方面的内容并行讲授。本书**主题中的第16章和第17章依赖于第2部分中的前7章。
*后,需要指出的是,书中打了“*”的小节是可选的,因此如果教师愿意,可以将其省略。目录中前面有CS图标的小节是关于案例研究的。另外,带有星号的习题会比其他题目难一些,而带有两个星号的题目更难。

Preface
PART ONE Introduction
1 Overview of Databases and Transactions
1.1 What Are Databases and Transactions?
1.2 Features of Modern Database and Transaction Processing Systems
1.3 Major Players in the Implementation and Support of Database
and Transaction Processing Systems
1.4 Decision Support Systems---OLAP and OLTP
2 The Big Picture
2.1 Case Study:A Student Registration System
2.2 Introduction to Relational Databases
2.3 What Makes a Program a Transaction--The ACID Properties
Bibliographic Notes
Exercises
PART TwO Database Management
3 The RelationaI Data ModeI
3.1 What Is a Data Model?
3.2 The Relational Model
3.2.1 Basic Concepts
3.2.2 Integrity Constraints
3.3 SQData Definition Sublanguage
3.3.1 Specifying the Relation Type
3.3.2 The System Catalog
3.3.3 Key Constraints
3.3.4 Dealing with Missing Information
3.3.5 Semantic Constraints
3.3.6 User.Defined Domains
3.3.7 Foreign.Key Constraints
3.3.8 Reactive Constraints
3.3.9 Database Views
3.3.1O Modifying Existing Definitions
3.3.11 SOL.Schemas
3.3.12 Access Control
Bibliographic Notes
Exercises
4 Conceptual Modeling of Databases with Entity-Relationship Diagrams and the Unified Modeling Language
4.1 Conceptual Modeling with the E-R Approach
4.2 Entities and Entity Types
4.3 Relationships and Relationship Types
4.4 Advanced Features in Conceptual Data Modeling
4.4.1 Entity Type Hierarchies
4.4.2 Participation Constraints
4.4.3 The Part.of Relationship
4.5 From E.R Diagrams to Relational Database Schemas
4.5.1 Representation of Entities
4.5.2 Representation of Relationships
4.5.3 Representing IsA Hierarchies in the Relational Model
4.5.4 Representation of Participation Constraints
4.5.5 Representation of the Part—of Relationship
4.6 UML:A New Kid on the Block
4.6.1 Representing Entities in UML
4.6.2 Representing Relationships in UML
4.6.3 Advanced Modeling Concepts in UML
4.6.4 Translation to SQL
4.7 A Brokerage Firm Example
4.7.1 An Entity-Relationship Design
4.7.2 A UML Design
4.8 Case Study:A Database Design for the Student Registration System
4.8.1 The Database Part of the Requirements Document
4.8.2 The Database Design
4.9 Limitations of Data Modeling Methodologies
Bibliographic Notes
Exercises
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PART THREE Optimizing DBMS Performance and transactiona processing
PART FOUR Software Engineering lssues and documentation
PART FIVE Advanced topics in databases
Bibliography
Index

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