Object – oriented database systems : approaches and architectures

C.S.R. PRABHU (MTech, IIT Bombay), is Deputy Director General and State Informatics Officer, National Informatics Centre (NIC), Andhra Pradesh State Unit, Hyderabad. Prior to joining NIC, he worked in various capacities at Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), CMC, and TELCO (now Tata Motors). During his association with University of Central Florida, Mr. Prabhu served NASA at Cape Canaveral. He has also been a consultant to Hughes Aircraft Corporation, Irvine, California and Florida Savings and Loans, Orlando, Florida.

This well-received book, now in its third edition, is a comprehensive presentation of the fundamentals of object-oriented database systems (OODBMS). It provides extensive coverage of the different approaches to object data management, including the three major approaches—semantic database systems approach, object-oriented programming language extension approach, and the relational extension approach—as well as the various types of architectures of object-oriented database systems. The book discusses all recent developments in this field, such as the emergence of Java as the dominant object-oriented programming language—resulting in upcoming OODBMS products such as Ozone—and the provision of object-oriented database features in object-relational database systems (ORDBMS) products such as Oracle 9i and DB2.

The new edition provides an extensive discussion of PostgreSQL, a popular open source object-oriented database system which has emerged as a viable alternative to expensive commercial database systems such as Oracle.

The book is extensively illustrated, which enables students to develop a firm grasp of the underlying concepts. The chapter-end exercises help in testing the students’ comprehension of the fundamental principles.

The book is primarily meant for students of IT-related programmes having courses in database systems. Computer professionals will also find the book immensely useful.

ISBN: 9788120340930
Author: C.S.R. PRABHU
Published by: PHI Learning
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