Designing Effective Database Systems (Paperback)

Rebecca M. Riordan

  • 出版商: Addison Wesley
  • 出版日期: 2005-01-20
  • 售價: $1,815
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  • 語言: 英文
  • 頁數: 384
  • 裝訂: Paperback
  • ISBN: 0321290933
  • ISBN-13: 9780321290939
  • 相關分類: 資料庫
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Table of Contents:

Preface.

Acknowledgments.

I. RELATIONAL DATABASE THEORY.

1. Basic Concepts.

    What Is a Database?

    Database Tools

    The Relational Model

    Relational Terminology

    The Data Model

    Summary

2. Database Structure.

    Eliminating Redundancy

    Ensuring Flexibility

    Basic Principles

    First Normal Form

    Second Normal Form

    Third Normal Form

    Further Normalization

    Summary

3. Relationships.

    Terminology

    Modeling Relationships

    One-to-One Relationships

    One-to-Many Relationships

    Many-to-Many Relationships

    Unary Relationships

    Ternary Relationships

    Relationships of Known Cardinality

    Summary

4. Data Integrity.

    Integrity Constraints

    Implementing Data Integrity

    Summary

5. Relational Algebra.

    Nulls and Three-Valued Logic (One More Time)

    Relational Operations

    Set Operators

    Special Relational Operators

    Summary

II. DIMENSIONAL DATABASE THEORY.

6. Basic Dimensional Concepts.

    The Dimensional Database Model

    Terminology

    A Potted History of Business Intelligence

    Summary

7. Fact Tables.

    The Structure of a Fact Table

    The Characteristics of a Fact Attribute

    Summary

8. Dimension Tables.

    The Structure of a Dimension Table

    Snowflaking

    Changing Dimensions

    Summary

III. DESIGNING DATABASE SYSTEMS.

9. The Design Process.

    Life Cycle Models

    The Database Design Process

    A Note on Design Methodologies and Standards

10. Defining the System Parameters.

    Determining the System Goals

    Developing the Design Criteria

    Determining the System Scope

    Summary

11. Defining the Work Processes.

    Determining Current Work Processes

    Analyzing Work Processes

    Documenting Work Processes

    User Scenarios

    Summary

12. The Conceptual Data Model.

    Identifying the Data Objects

    Defining Relationships

    Reviewing Entities

    Domain Analysis

    Restricting the Range of Values

    Normalization

    Summary

13. The Database Schema.

    Systems Architectures

    Database Schema Components

    Security

    Summary

14. Communicating the Design.

    Audience and Purpose

    Document Structure

    Executive Summary

    System Overview

    Work Processes

    Conceptual Data Model

    Database Schema

    User Interface

    Change Management

    Summary

IV. DESIGNING THE USER INTERFACE.

15. The Interface as Mediator.

    Effective Interfaces

    Interface Models

    User Levels

    Putting Users in Charge

    Minimizing the Memory Load

    Being Consistent

    Summary

16. User Interface Architectures.

    Supporting the Work Processes

    Document Architectures

    Summary

17. Representing Entities in Form Design.

    Simple Entities

    One-to-One Relationships

    One-to-Many Relationships

    Hierarchies

    Many-to-Many Relationships

    Summary

18. Choosing Windows Controls.

    Representing Logical Values

    Representing Sets of Values

    Representing Numbers and Dates

    Representing Text Values

    Summary

19. Maintaining Database Integrity.

    Classes of Integrity Constraints

    Intrinsic Constraints

    Business Constraints

    Summary

20. Reporting.

    Sorting, Searching, and Filtering Data

    Producing Standard Reports

    Producing Ad Hoc Reports

    Summary

21. User Assistance.

    User Levels

    Passive Assistance Mechanisms

    Reactive Assistance Mechanisms

    Proactive Assistance

    User Training

    Summary

Bibliography.

Glossary.

Index.

商品描述(中文翻譯)

目錄:
前言。
致謝。
I. 關聯式資料庫理論。
1. 基本概念。
- 什麼是資料庫?
- 資料庫工具。
- 關聯模型。
- 關聯術語。
- 資料模型。
- 總結。
2. 資料庫結構。
- 消除冗餘。
- 確保彈性。
- 基本原則。
- 第一正規化。
- 第二正規化。
- 第三正規化。
- 進一步正規化。
- 總結。
3. 關係。
- 術語。
- 建模關係。
- 一對一關係。
- 一對多關係。
- 多對多關係。
- 一元關係。
- 三元關係。