November 2015
Intermediate to advanced
582 pages
16h 19m
English
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About the Author
C. J. Date is an independent author, lecturer, researcher, and consultant, specializing in relational database technology. He is best known for his book An Introduction to Database Systems (8th edition, Addison-Wesley, 2004), which has sold some 900,000 copies at the time of writing and is used by several hundred colleges and universities worldwide. He is also the author of numerous other books on database management, including most recently:
From Ventus: Go Faster! The TransRelational™ Approach to DBMS Implementation (2002, 2011)
From Addison-Wesley: Databases, Types, and the Relational Model: The Third Manifesto (3rd edition, with Hugh Darwen, 2007)
From Trafford: Logic and Databases: The Roots of Relational Theory (2007) and Database Explorations: Essays on The Third Manifesto and Related Topics (with Hugh Darwen, 2010)
From Apress: Date on Database: Writings 2000-2006 (2007)
From O’Reilly: Database Design and Relational Theory: Normal Forms and All That Jazz (2012); View Updating and Relational Theory: Solving the View Update Problem (2013); Relational Theory for Computer Professionals: What Relational Databases Are Really All About (2013); and The New Relational Database Dictionary (2015, to appear)
Mr. Date was inducted into the Computing Industry Hall of Fame in 2004. He enjoys a reputation that is second to none for his ability to explain complex technical subjects in a clear and understandable fashion.
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