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This book Databases and Transaction Processin 9 constitutes a standard database textbook for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses--albeit with a somewhat different focus compared to the established books. As the subtitle A n A pplication-Oriented, 4 pproach indicates, the authors put an emphasis on teaching the systematic usage of database systems~ rather than concentrating on an in-depth coverage of implementation techniques for building database systems. The rationale for this focus is that many more students will be implementing applications than will actually be implementing database systems. Therefore, the authors set out to present the conceptual and engineering principles underlying the design and implementation of database and transaction processing applications. In order to provide a solid foundation [or these principles, the book thoroughly presents the concepts and the theory …