Applied Mathematics for Database Professionals

• Main Authors: Haan, Lex de (Author), Koppelaars, Toon (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berkeley, CA : Apress, 2007.
• Subjects: Computer science.; Software engineering.; Computer Science.; Software Engineering/Programming and Operating Systems.

Relational databases hold data, right? They do indeed, but to think of a database as nothing more than a container for data is to miss out on the profound power that underlies relational technology. A far more powerful way of thinking lies in relational technologys foundation in the mathematical dis...

Table of Contents:

• The Mathematics
• Logic: Introduction
• Set Theory: Introduction
• Some More Logic
• Relations and Functions
• The Application
• Tables and Database States
• Tuple, Table, and Database Predicates
• Specifying Database Designs
• Specifying State Transition Constraints
• Data Retrieval
• Data Manipulation
• The Implementation
• Implementing Database Designs in Oracle
• Summary and Conclusions.