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Table of Contents

1.1 Database basics
1.2 Database systems
1.3 Query languages
1.4 Database design and programming
1.5 MySQL
1.6 SQL sandbox

2.1 Relational model
2.2 Structured Query Language
2.3 Managing databases
2.4 Tables
2.5 Data types
2.6 Selecting rows
2.7 Null values
2.8 Inserting, updating, and deleting rows
2.9 Primary keys
2.10 Foreign keys
2.11 Referential integrity
2.12 Constraints

3.1 Special operators and clauses
3.2 Simple functions
3.3 Aggregate functions
3.4 Join queries
3.5 Equijoins, self-joins, and cross-joins
3.6 Subqueries
3.7 Complex query example
3.8 View tables
3.9 Relational algebra

4.1 Entities, relationships, and attributes
4.2 Discovery
4.3 Cardinality
4.4 Strong and weak entities
4.5 Supertype and subtype entities
4.6 Alternative modeling conventions
4.7 Implementing entities
4.8 Implementing relationships
4.9 Implementing attributes
4.10 First, second, and third normal form
4.11 Boyce-Codd normal form
4.12 Applying normal form

5.1 Storage media
5.2 Table structures
5.3 Single-level indexes
5.4 Multi-level indexes
5.5 Other indexes
5.6 Tablespaces and partitions
5.7 Physical design

6.1 Transactions
6.2 Schedules
6.3 Concurrency
6.4 Recovery
6.5 Transactions with SQL

7.1 MySQL architecture
7.2 Cloud databases
7.3 Distributed databases
7.4 Replicated databases
7.5 Data warehouses
7.6 Data warehouse design
7.7 Other database architectures

8.1 Simple and complex types
8.2 Collection types
8.3 Document types
8.4 Spatial types
8.5 Object types

9.1 Programming languages
9.2 Embedded SQL
9.3 Procedural SQL
9.4 Application programming interfaces
9.5 Database programming with Python
9.6 Database programming with Java
9.7 Database programming for the web

10.1 Big data
10.2 Key-value databases
10.3 Wide column databases
10.4 Document databases
10.5 Graph databases
10.6 MongoDB

11.1 Case study: Discovery
11.2 Case study: Cardinality
11.3 Case study: Supertype and weak entities
11.4 Case study: Implementing entities
11.5 Case study: Implementing relationships
11.6 Case study: Implementing attributes

12.1 Workbench installation
12.2 Workbench import and export
12.3 Workbench stored procedures and functions

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Database Systems with SQL provides a highly interactive introduction to databases. Topics include database theory, architecture, design, and programming.

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Professor of Computer Science, Berkeley City College

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Professor of Computer Science, Harding University

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