A text/CD-ROM intended for use in a one-term course on database processing, focusing on application design considerations that pertain directly to databases and data models. Part I surveys history of the field and different types of databases and applications, and Part II focuses on data modeling. Part III discusses transformation of data models into relational database designs, and Part IV presents implementation of relational databases. Part V discusses concepts and technology for multi-user databases, and Part VI addresses nonrelational database processing. Features chapter summaries, key terms, questions, and projects. This second edition discusses new technologies that support database applications, such as ODBC, data warehousing, intranet and Internet databases, multimedia DBs, object databases, and SQL3. The CD-ROM contains SALSA for the Desktop, a commercial software package that allows beginning students to create accurate database models. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or. Read Less