Database Systems

This textbook is ideally suited for an undergraduate course in database systems. The discipline of database systems design and management is discussed within the context of a bigger picture - that of software engineering. The student is made to understand from the outset, that a database is a mission-critical component of a software system; that databases systems often form part of an organization's information infrastructure; and that proper database design and management is integral to the success of its related software engineering project and/or its related organizational information infrastructure.