The System Catalog

Foster, Elvis C.; Godbole, Shripad

doi:10.1007/978-1-4842-1191-5_14

Elvis C. Foster³ &
Shripad Godbole⁴

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Every reputable DBMS contains a system catalog (also called the data dictionary) of some form. This has been mentioned several times earlier in the course. This chapter discusses this very important component of the database system. The chapter proceeds under the following subtopics.

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Associate Professor of Computer Science, Keene State College, New Hampshire, USA
Elvis C. Foster
Senior Manager of Database Administration, Merkle Inc., Marlborough, Massachusetts, USA
Shripad Godbole

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Foster, E.C., Godbole, S. (2016). The System Catalog. In: Database Systems. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-1191-5_14

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-1191-5_14
Published: 08 November 2016
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