Database System Concepts - 7th ed

Database System Concepts By Silberschatz, Korth And Sudarshan Is Now In Its 6th Edition And Is One Of The Cornerstone Texts Of Database Education. It Presents The Fundamental Concepts Of Database Management In An Intuitive Manner Geared Toward Allowing Students To Begin Working With Databases As Quickly As Possible. The Text Is Designed For A First Course In Databases At The Junior/senior Undergraduate Level Or The First Year Graduate Level. It Also Contains Additional Material That Can Be Used As Supplements Or As Introductory Material For An Advanced Course. Because The Authors Present Concepts As Intuitive Descriptions, A Familiarity With Basic Data Structures, Computer Organization, And A High-level Programming Language Are The Only Prerequisites. Important Theoretical Results Are Covered, But Formal Proofs Are Omitted. In Place Of Proofs, Figures And Examples Are Used To Suggest Why A Result Is True. This book is a requirement for a course that I am taking. The book is riddled with errors. You can randomly open any page from the book- and you will find typos and confusing text. On some pages, the powerpoint slides for the book do not even match with the text of the book. This is the sixth edition of this textbook. I consider it inexcusable that the book has hundreds of typos even after being published for more than ten years. As another reviewer pointed out, the additional material that is needed for the book -like SQL schemas- do not even exist in the book's website- contrary to what the book claims. Anybody who is considering this book should think twice. Please get it from the library - go through the book for a week to see what I mean- and dump the book for any book that should be better than this. Presents the fundamental concepts of database management. This text is suitable for a first course in databases at the junior/senior undergraduate level or the first year graduate level