Robert Grauer <br/><br/>
Database Management Using dBase IV and SQL / 

 - 1Era edicion  
 - United State   McGraw-Hill  1992 
 - 222  Ilustracion, tablas y graficos   28 CM 
 - serie .
<br/><br/>Editorial <br/>McGraw-Hill<br/>ISBN <br/>0-07-911218-8 
<br/><br/>Contents in Brief<br/><br/>PARTI<br/><br/>Introduction 1<br/><br/>CHAPTERI<br/><br/>Introduction 3<br/><br/>CHAPTER 2<br/><br/>The Dot Prompt<br/><br/>25<br/><br/>CHAPTER 3<br/><br/>Indexing 47<br/><br/>PART II<br/><br/>The Control Center 69<br/><br/>CHAPTER 4<br/><br/>The Report Generator<br/><br/>71<br/><br/>CHAPTER 5<br/><br/>Mail Merge and Label Forms 100<br/><br/>CHAPTER 6<br/><br/>Queries and Conditions<br/><br/>120<br/><br/>CHAPTER 7<br/><br/>The Screen Generator<br/><br/>146<br/><br/>CHAPTER 8<br/><br/>The Control Center<br/><br/>167<br/><br/>PART III<br/><br/>Command-Level Programming<br/><br/>191<br/><br/>CHAPTER 9<br/><br/>Introduction to Programming<br/><br/>193<br/><br/>CHAPTER 10<br/><br/>Design and Implementation<br/><br/>225<br/><br/>CHAPTER 11<br/><br/>File Maintenance<br/><br/>245<br/><br/>PART IV<br/><br/>Relational Databases 269<br/><br/>CHAPTER 12<br/><br/>Relational Databases 271<br/><br/>CHAPTER 13<br/><br/>Implementation in dBASE IV<br/><br/>288<br/><br/>CHAPTER 14<br/><br/>Introduction to SQL<br/><br/>310<br/><br/>The Programmer's Notebook<br/><br/>PN-1<br/><br/>Index IN-1<br/><br/>PART III<br/><br/>Command-Level Programming 191<br/><br/>CHAPTER 9<br/><br/>Introduction to Programming 193<br/><br/>Overview 194<br/><br/>A Menu-driven Program 194<br/><br/>Structured Programming 195<br/><br/>Sufficiency of the Basic Structures 196<br/><br/>Pseudocode 198<br/><br/>Developing the Menu-driven<br/><br/>Program 199<br/><br/>Implementation in dBASE 201<br/><br/>Statements for Structured<br/><br/>Programming 203<br/><br/>Input Output Statements 204<br/><br/>Memory Variables 204<br/><br/>Statements Affecting the Record<br/><br/>Pointer 204<br/><br/>The Completed Program 205<br/><br/>Implementation on the Computer<br/><br/>206<br/><br/>Hands-on Exercise 1: Menu-driven<br/><br/>Programs 207<br/><br/>Errors in Execution 212<br/><br/>The DEBUG Command 212<br/><br/>Hands-on Exercise 2: The<br/><br/>Debugger 215<br/><br/>Coding Standards 217<br/><br/>Program Documentation<br/><br/>Summary 218<br/><br/>Key Words and Concepts<br/><br/>218<br/><br/>True/False 220<br/><br/>219<br/><br/>Exercises 220<br/><br/>CHAPTER 10<br/><br/>Design and Implementation<br/><br/>225<br/><br/>Overview 226<br/><br/>Case Study Soleil America, Revisited 226<br/><br/>Structured Design 228<br/><br/>Creating the Hierarchy Chart<br/><br/>229<br/><br/>Evaluating the Hierarchy Chart<br/><br/>230<br/><br/>Functionality 230<br/><br/>Completeness 230<br/><br/>Subordination 231<br/><br/>Structured Design versus Structured<br/><br/>Programming 231<br/><br/>The DISPLAY-MAIN-MENU<br/><br/>Program 255<br/><br/>Top-down Implementation 255<br/><br/>Hands-on Exercise 1 Top-dow<br/><br/>Testing/1 237<br/><br/>Additional Testing 237<br/><br/>Hands-on Exercise 2 Top-down<br/><br/>Testing 2 259<br/><br/>Advantages of Top-down<br/><br/>Implementation 241<br/><br/>Summary 242<br/><br/>Key Words and Concepts 242<br/><br/>True/False 243<br/><br/>Exercises 243<br/><br/>CHAPTER 11<br/><br/>File Maintenance<br/><br/>245<br/><br/>Overview 246<br/><br/>Limitations of the Dot Prompt 2%. Hands-on Exercise 1 Limitations of<br/><br/>Dot Prompt 247<br/><br/>250<br/><br/>The ADDRECD Program<br/><br/>The Hierarchy Chart<br/><br/>250<br/><br/>Pseudocode 251<br/><br/>251<br/><br/>The dBASE Listing<br/><br/>SET Commands 252<br/><br/>Procedures 255<br/><br/>The STORE Command 257<br/><br/>The SEEK Command 257<br/><br/>Additional Program Listings 25<br/><br/>Public and Private Variables 25<br/><br/>File Maintenance 260<br/><br/>Hands-on Exercise 2: The File<br/><br/>261<br/><br/>Summary 265<br/><br/>Maintenance Program<br/><br/>Key Words and Concepts<br/><br/>265<br/><br/>True/False 265<br/><br/>Exercises 266<br/><br/>PART IV<br/><br/>Relational Databases 269<br/><br/>CHAPTER 12<br/><br/>Relational Databases 271<br/><br/>Overview 272<br/><br/>Case Preview 272 
<br/><br/> After reading this chapter you will be able to<br/><br/>ated with subdirectories and describe the purpose of each 2. Differentiate between installation and loading; install and load the student version<br/><br/>OBJECTIVES<br/><br/>of dBASE IV 3. Install the data disk that accompanies this text, describe the tree structure of the<br/><br/>data disk and how to change from one directory to another.<br/><br/>4. Distinguish between the different versions of dBASE Load dBASE and arrive at the dot prompt, provide the dBASE command to change<br/><br/>5. the default drive.<br/><br/>6. Differentiate between report generation and data entry, describe the primary data entry operations<br/><br/>7. List several types of data validation that may be done during the course of data entry describe the effects of entering improper data into a system 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0-07-911218-8 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Ingeniería en tecnologias de la información y comunicaciones