Database Concepts
暫譯: 資料庫概念

適用於大學資料庫管理學生或商業專業人士 這本書提供了理解、創建和管理小型資料庫的實用幫助，作者是全球領先的資料庫專家。資料庫概念 為大學資料庫管理學生和商業專業人士提供了對軟體背後概念的堅實理解，並使用 Access 2016 來說明這些概念和技術。全書有三個專案，展示學生如何將這些概念應用於現實商業情境中。文本提供了選擇教師希望在課堂上使用的軟體的靈活性；允許學生使用新的完整資料庫，包括 Wedgewood Pacific、Heather Sweeney Designs 和 Wallingford Motors；並涵蓋一些最新的資料庫資訊。 教學與學習體驗
這本書將為您和您的學生提供更好的教學與學習體驗。具體如下：

• 提供對軟體背後概念的堅實理解
• 使用 Access 2013 來說明概念和技術，同時提供選擇課堂上使用的軟體的靈活性
• 允許學生使用新的完整資料庫
• 包括一些最新資訊的涵蓋

David M. Kroenke entered the computing profession as a summer intern at the RAND Corporation in 1967. Since then, his career has spanned education, industry, consulting, and publishing.

He has taught at the University of Washington, Colorado State University, and Seattle University. Over the years, he has led dozens of teaching seminars for college professors. In 1991 the International Association of Information Systems named him Computer Educator of the Year.

In industry, Kroenke has worked for the U.S. Air Force and Boeing Computer Services, and he was a principal in the startup of three companies. He was also vice presi- dent of product marketing and development for the Microrim Corporation and was chief technologist for the database division of Wall Data, Inc. He is the father of the semantic object data model. Kroenke's consulting clients include IBM Corporation, Microsoft, Computer Sciences Corporation, and numerous other companies and organizations.

His text Database Processing: Fundamentals, Design, and Implementation, first pub- lished in 1977, is now in its 14th edition (coauthored with David Auer for the 11th, 12th, 13th, and 14th editions). He introduced Database Concepts (now in the eighth edition that you are reading) in 2003. Kroenke has published many other textbooks, including the clas- sic Business Computer Systems (1981). Recently, he has authored Using MIS (8th edition), Experiencing MIS (6th edition), MIS Essentials (4th edition), Processes, Systems and Information: An Introduction to MIS (2nd edition) (coauthored with Earl McKinney), and Essentials of Processes, Systems and Information (coauthored with Earl McKinney).

An avid sailor, Kroenke also wrote Know Your Boat: The Guide to Everything That Makes Your Boat Work. Kroenke lives in Seattle, Washington. He is married and has two children and three grandchildren.

David J. Auer is a Senior Instructor Emeritus at the College of Business (CBE) of Western Washington University in Bellingham, WA. He served as the director of Information Systems and Technology Services at CBE from 1994 to 2014 and taught in CBE's Department of Decision Sciences from 1981 to 2015. He has taught CBE courses in quan- titative methods, production and operations management, statistics, finance, and manage- ment information systems. Besides managing CBE's computer, network, and other technology resources, he also teaches management information systems courses. He has taught the Principles of Management Information Systems and Business Database Development courses, and he was responsible for developing CBE's network infrastructure courses, including Computer Hardware and Operating Systems, Telecommunications, and Network Administration.

He has coauthored several MIS-related textbooks, including Database Processing: Fundamentals, Design, and Implementation, first published in 1977, is now in its 14th edi- tion (coauthored with David Kroenke for the 11th, 12th, 13th, and 14th editions), and Database Concepts, now in the eighth edition that you are reading (coauthored with David Kroenke for the 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th editions).

Auer holds a bachelor's degree in English literature from the University of Washington, a bachelor's degree in mathematics and economics from Western Washington University, a master's degree in economics from Western Washington University, and a master's degree in counseling psychology from Western Washington University. He served as a commissioned officer in the U.S. Air Force, and he has also worked as an organizational development specialist and therapist for an employee assistance program (EAP).

Auer and his wife, Donna, live in Bellingham, Washington. He has two children and four grandchildren.

Scott L. Vandenberg has been on the Computer Science faculty at Siena College since 1993, where he regularly teaches three different database courses at several levels to both computer science and business majors. Prior to arriving at Siena, he taught undergraduate and graduate courses in database systems at the University of Massachusetts--Amherst. Since arriving at Siena, he also taught graduate and undergraduate database courses at the University of Washington--Seattle. He has developed five different database courses over this time. His other teaching experience includes introductory computer science, introduc- tory programming, data structures, management information systems, and three years teaching Siena's required interdisciplinary freshman writing course.

Vandenberg's recent research publications are mainly in the areas of computer science education and data science applications, with earlier work on query optimization and alge- braic query languages. He holds a bachelor's degree in mathematics and computer science from Cornell University and master's and PhD degrees in computer science from the University of Wisconsin--Madison. Medieval history and playing hockey are two things that can tear him away from a database. Vandenberg lives in Averill Park, NY, with his wife, Kristin, and two children.

Robert C. Yoder began his professional career at the University at Albany as a systems pro-grammer managing mainframes and Unix servers. He has two years of research experience working on 3-D solid modeling systems. Robert holds BS and MS degrees in computer science and a PhD in information science, all from the University at Albany.

Yoder joined the Computer Science department at Siena College in 2001 and teaches Business Database, Management Information Systems, Geographic Information Systems, Data Structures, Networks, and Operating Systems courses. Yoder lives in Niskayuna, NY, with his wife, Diane, and two children and enjoys traveling, hiking, and walking his dog.

**David M. Kroenke** 於1967年作為RAND公司的一名暑期實習生進入計算機行業。自那時以來，他的職業生涯涵蓋了教育、工業、顧問和出版等領域。

他曾在華盛頓大學、科羅拉多州立大學和西雅圖大學任教。多年來，他為大學教授主辦了數十場教學研討會。1991年，國際資訊系統協會將他評選為年度計算機教育者。

在工業界，Kroenke曾在美國空軍和波音計算機服務公司工作，並且是三家公司的創始合夥人。他還曾擔任Microrim公司的產品行銷與開發副總裁，並擔任Wall Data, Inc.數據庫部門的首席技術專家。他是語義物件數據模型的創始人。Kroenke的顧問客戶包括IBM公司、微軟、計算機科學公司及眾多其他公司和組織。

他的著作《Database Processing: Fundamentals, Design, and Implementation》首次出版於1977年，現在已進入第14版（第11、12、13和14版與David Auer共同編著）。他於2003年推出了《Database Concepts》（現在是您正在閱讀的第八版）。Kroenke還出版了許多其他教科書，包括經典的《Business Computer Systems》（1981年）。最近，他撰寫了《Using MIS》（第8版）、《Experiencing MIS》（第6版）、《MIS Essentials》（第4版）、《Processes, Systems and Information: An Introduction to MIS》（第2版，與Earl McKinney共同編著）以及《Essentials of Processes, Systems and Information》（與Earl McKinney共同編著）。

Kroenke是一位熱愛帆船的人，他還撰寫了《Know Your Boat: The Guide to Everything That Makes Your Boat Work》。Kroenke居住在華盛頓州西雅圖，已婚並育有兩名子女和三名孫子女。

**David J. Auer** 是華盛頓州貝靈漢的西華盛頓大學商學院（CBE）的榮譽高級講師。他於1994年至2014年擔任CBE資訊系統與技術服務的主任，並於1981年至2015年在CBE的決策科學系任教。他教授CBE的定量方法、生產與運營管理、統計學、金融和管理資訊系統等課程。除了管理CBE的計算機、網絡和其他技術資源外，他還教授管理資訊系統課程。他教授過管理資訊系統原理和商業數據庫開發課程，並負責開發CBE的網絡基礎設施課程，包括計算機硬體與操作系統、電信和網絡管理。

他共同編著了幾本與MIS相關的教科書，包括《Database Processing: Fundamentals, Design, and Implementation》，首次出版於1977年，現在已進入第14版（第11、12、13和14版與David Kroenke共同編著），以及《Database Concepts》，現在是您正在閱讀的第八版（第3、4、5、6和7版與David Kroenke共同編著）。

Auer擁有華盛頓大學的英語文學學士學位、西華盛頓大學的數學與經濟學學士學位、西華盛頓大學的經濟學碩士學位，以及西華盛頓大學的輔導心理學碩士學位。他曾在美國空軍擔任委任軍官，並曾擔任組織發展專家和員工援助計劃（EAP）的治療師。

Auer和他的妻子Donna居住在華盛頓州貝靈漢。他有兩名子女和四名孫子女。

**Scott L. Vandenberg** 自1993年以來一直在Siena College的計算機科學系任教，定期教授三門不同層級的數據庫課程，面向計算機科學和商業專業的學生。在來到Siena之前，他在馬薩諸塞州大學阿默斯特分校教授本科和研究生的數據庫系統課程。自來到Siena以來，他還在華盛頓大學西雅圖分校教授研究生和本科的數據庫課程。在這段時間內，他開發了五門不同的數據庫課程。他的其他教學經驗包括計算機科學入門、程式設計入門、數據結構、管理資訊系統，以及三年教授Siena的必修跨學科大一寫作課程。

Vandenberg最近的研究出版物主要集中在計算機科學教育和數據科學應用領域，早期的工作則集中在查詢優化和代數查詢語言。他擁有康奈爾大學的數學與計算機科學學士學位，以及威斯康辛大學麥迪遜分校的計算機科學碩士和博士學位。中世紀歷史和打冰球是他從數據庫中抽身的兩個原因。Vandenberg與妻子Kristin和兩名子女居住在紐約州Averill Park。

**Robert C. Yoder** 在奧爾巴尼大學開始了他的職業生涯，擔任系統程式設計師，負責管理大型主機和Unix伺服器。他擁有兩年的研究經驗，專注於3D實體建模系統。Robert擁有奧爾巴尼大學的計算機科學學士和碩士學位，以及資訊科學博士學位。

Yoder於2001年加入Siena College的計算機科學系，教授商業數據庫、管理資訊系統、地理資訊系統、數據結構、網絡和操作系統課程。Yoder與妻子Diane和兩名子女居住在紐約州Niskayuna，喜歡旅行、健行和遛狗。