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The Manga Guide to Databases.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Takahashi, Mana.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Database management--Caricatures and cartoons.
- Database management--Comic books, strips, etc.
- SQL (Computer program language)--Caricatures and cartoons.
- SQL (Computer program language)--Comic books, strips, etc.
- Database management.
- SQL (Computer program language).
- Local Subjects:
- Database management--Caricatures and cartoons.
- Database management--Comic books, strips, etc.
- SQL (Computer program language)--Caricatures and cartoons.
- SQL (Computer program language)--Comic books, strips, etc.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (228 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- San Francisco : No Starch Press, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Want to learn about databases without the tedium? With its unique combination of Japanese-style comics and serious educational content, The Manga Guide to Databases is just the book for you. Princess Ruruna is stressed out. With the king and queen away, she has to manage the Kingdom of Kod's humongous fruit-selling empire. Overseas departments, scads of inventory, conflicting prices, and so many customers! It's all such a confusing mess. But a mysterious book and a helpful fairy promise to solve her organizational problems-with the practical magic of databases.In The Manga Guide to Databases ,
- Contents:
- Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: What Is a Database?; Why Do We Need Databases?; What's Up in the Kingdom?; A Database-That's Our Solution!; Summary; Chapter 2: What Is a Relational Database?; Database Terms; Relational Databases; Types of Data Models; Data Extraction Operations; Questions; The Relational Database Prevails!; Summary; Answers; Chapter 3: Let's Design a Database!; The E-R Model; Normalizing a Table; What Is the E-R Model?; How to Analyze the E-R Model; Normalizing a Table; Steps for Designing a Database; Answers; Chapter 4: Let's Learn About SQL!; Using SQL
- Searching for Data Using a SELECT StatementUsing Aggregate Functions; Joining Tables; Creating a Table; SQL Overview; Searching for Data Using a SELECT Statement; Creating Conditions; Aggregate Functions; Searching for Data; Joining Tables; Creating a Table; Summary; Answers; Chapter 5: Let's Operate a Database!; What Is a Transaction?; What Is a Lock?; Database Security; Speeding Things Up with Indexing; Disaster Recovery; Properties of Transactions; When Disaster Strikes; Indexes; Optimizing a Query; Summary; Answers; Chapter 6: Databases Are Everywhere!; Databases in Use
- Databases and the WebDistributed Databases; Stored Procedures and Triggers; Databases on the Web; What Is a Distributed Database?; Partitioning Data; Preventing Inconsistencies with a Two-Phase Commit; Database Replication; Further Application of Databases; Summary; Answers; Closing Remarks; Frequently Used SQLStatements; References; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-59327-297-9
- OCLC:
- 831120848
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