Database management systems have become ubiquitous as a fundamental tool for man-
aging information, and a course on the principles and practice of database systems is
now an integral part of computer science curricula. This book covers the fundamentals
of modern database management systems, in particular relational database systems.
It is intended as a text for an introductory database course for undergraduates, and
we have attempted to present the material in a clear, simple style.
A quantitative approach is used throughout and detailed examples abound. An exten-
sive set of exercises (for which solutions are available online to instructors) accompanies
each chapter and reinforces students' ability to apply the concepts to real problems.
The book contains enough material to support a second course, ideally supplemented
by selected research papers. It can be used, with the accompanying software and SQL
programming assignments, in two distinct kinds of introductory courses:
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