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Hoffer focuses on the latest principles, concepts and technologies and what leading practitioners say is most important for database developers.

Database analysis, database design, SQL, client/server database environment, data warehousing, data quality and integration, and object-oriented data modeling.

Intended for professional development programs in introductory database management.

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Database management with ease	Customer Rating:
I loved, loved, loved this text. I wasn't really thrilled with having to take a database management class but I couldn't have enjoyed this text more. It was clear and thorough with great examples. It is a great foundation book for someone wanting to get their feet wet in database management and all that entails.

Dry and thorough

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When I first started reading this book, I almost cried at how dry and boring it was. However, I finally got over that and was able to stay awake long enough to keep up with the readings for my class. Overall, this text book offers a lot of information on database management - from conceptual modeling to SQL DDL and DML to physical schema considerations and data warehousing. I think it is a great intro text for anyone getting into the DBA game. The section on SQL was more in-depth than I thought it would be and even gets into co-related nested queries and working with some useful functions.

Lots of coverage but hard to read

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This review is for the 9th edition. On the positive side, this book covers a lot of ground and is very thorough. So kudos to the authors for putting together such a large amount of information in this book. Obviously they have a very good understanding of the subject. However, I did not find the book easy to read, and I'm trying to determine the reason for that. I think it is because the book has been written in a very factual manner, i.e., it seems to narrate facts after facts. Some of the best books I have read, are in a story telling format where the authors are such masters of the topic that they will lead the reader on a journey. The authors will gently lead the reader to independently arrive at the conclusion that they always intended. And that's when the reader will have a "wow" moment in deeply understanding the subject. So while this is a good book providing very relevant, practical and recent information in this field, in my opinion, this book is not one of those where you will have that "wow" moment.

Not an easy read

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Our database teacher recommended this book. I bought this book and found it not an easy read. After going through the whole book still I could not understand how the database design process works. Then I went on google to look for some thing easy to understand. I found a book called "Relational database design for starters: Explained through a case study in Microsoft Access" by Akmal Masood. This book is very easy to understand and after finishing the book, I was able to understand how the database design works.

Good content overall	Customer Rating:
I used this book in graduate school while taking the Database Management System course. The book has usefull information. It help me understand and practice normalization. Some unfamiliar concepts also were learnt from the book. I can recommend this book to anyone getting into the database world.