文档介绍：Inside Relational Databases
with Examples in Access
Inside Relational
Databases
with Examples in
Access
Mark Whitehorn and Bill Marklyn
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Mark Whitehorn
puting Division, University of Dundee, UK
Bill Marklyn
2332 E Aloha Street, Seattle WA 98112, USA
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Library of Congress Control Number: 2006931000
ISBN-10: 1-84628-394-9 Printed on acid-free paper
ISBN-13: 978-1-84628-394-9
© Mark Whitehorn 2007
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Contents
Contents
Preface xiii
Chapter 1 ȣ Introduction 1
Who are we? 1
What is a database? 2
Databases vs. Database Management Systems 3
Relational Database Management Systems 3
Why this book? 4
Who should read this book? 5
Organization of the book 6
Some ground rules 7
Downloading files from the website 8