Fundamentals of Database Systems (4th Edition)

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Publisher: Addison Wesley
Publish Date: July 23, 2003
ISBN: 0321122267
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• Language: English
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Author: Ramez Elmasri, Shamkant B. Navathe
Date: 2006-04-13
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ISBN: 0764548301
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