An introduction to database systems /
by C.J. Date.
- 7th ed. International ed.
- Reading, Massachusetts : Addison-Wesley , 2000.
- xxii , 938 pp. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes appendixes and index.
"This book is a comprehensive introduction to the now very large field of database systems. It provides a solid grounding in the foundations of database technology and gives some idea of how the field is likely to develop in the future. The book is meant primarily as a textbook, not a work of reference; the emphasis throughout is on insight and understanding, not just on formalisms."