The newly revised third edition of Fundamentals of Database Management Systems delivers an authoritative and comprehensive account of contemporary database management. This edition assists readers in understanding critical topics in the subject, including data modeling, relational database concepts, logical and physical database design, SQL, data administration, data security, NoSQL, blockchain, database in the cloud, and more. The author offers a firm grounding in the fundamentals of database while, at the same time, providing a wide-ranging survey of database subfields relevant to information systems professionals.



This Indian edition enhances the coverage with new and updated content. It introduces new sections on traditional file systems, file systems versus database systems, ARIES recovery algorithm, dirty read problem, and phantom phenomenon. The coverage of the section on the data normalization process has been enhanced by introducing new subsections on Boyce- Codd normal form (BCNF), fourth normal form, and fifth normal form. Examples, mini cases, and many end-of-chapter questions throughout the book are new or revised. It also includes multiple choice questions derived from various competitive examinations.

Mark L. Gillenson, Pradeep Singh, Sarvesh Pandey