(BQ) Part 1 book "Database system concepts" has contents: Introduction to the relational model, introduction to SQL, advanced SQL, intermediate SQL, formal relational query languages, database design and the E-R Model, indexing and hashing, relational database design, query processing, query optimization,.and other contents. | Page i 12/3/09 2:51:50 PM user /Users/user/Desktop/Temp Work/00November_2009/24:11:09/VYN/silberschatz DATABASE SYSTEM CONCEPTS SIXTH EDITION Abraham Silberschatz Yale University Henry F. Korth Lehigh University S. Sudarshan Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay TM Page ii 12/3/09 2:51:51 PM user /Users/user/Desktop/Temp Work/00November_2009/24:11:09/VYN/silberschatz TM DATABASE SYSTEM CONCEPTS, SIXTH EDITION Published by McGraw-Hill, a business unit of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 1221 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020. Copyright © 2011 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Previous editions © 2006, 2002, and 1999. No part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without the prior written consent of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., including, but not limited to, in any network or other electronic storage or transmission, or broadcast for distance learning. Some ancillaries, including electronic and print components, may not be available to customers outside the United States. This book is printed on acid-free paper. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 DOC/DOC 1 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 ISBN 978-0-07-352332-3 MHID 0-07-352332-1 Global Publisher: Raghothaman Srinivasan Director of Development: Kristine Tibbetts Senior Marketing Manager: Curt Reynolds Project Manager: Melissa M. Leick Senior Production Supervisor: Laura Fuller Design Coordinator: Brenda A. Rolwes Cover Designer: Studio Montage, St. Louis, Missouri (USE) Cover Image: © Brand X Pictures/PunchStock Compositor: Aptara®, Inc. Typeface: 10/12 Palatino Printer: R. R. Donnelley All credits appearing on page or at the end of the book are considered to be an extension of the copyright page. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Silberschatz, Abraham. Database system concepts / Abraham Silberschatz. — 6th ed. p. cm. ISBN .