Table of Contents

1. Introduction.- 1.1. Brief History of Database Technology.- 1.2. The Relational Approach.- 1.3. Data-Intensive Application Domains.- 1.4. Requirements of New Data-Intensive Applications.- 2. Overview Of Recent Evolution In Database Technology.- 2.1. Semantic Data Models.- 2.2. Functional Data Models.- 2.3. Temporal Databases.- 2.4. Extended Relational Databases.- 2.5. Deductive Databases.- 2.6. Object-Oriented Databases.- 2.7. Active Databases.- 3. Theory Of The Nested Relational Model.- 3.1. The Relational Data Model.- 3.2. Relational Algebra.- 3.3. Relational Calculus.- 3.4. Nested Relational Data Model.- 3.5. Extended Relational Algebra.- 3.6. Equivalence of Extended Relational Algebra Expressions.- 3.7. Extended Relational Calculus.- 3.8. Expressive Power: Comparing Algebra and Calculus.- 3.9. Taxonomy of Nested Relations.- 3.10. Further Extensions to the Nested Relational Model.- 4. Algres, An Extended Relational Database Programming Language.- 4.1. A Tour of Aigres.- 4.2. Rationale of Aigres Design.- 5. Programming In Algres.- 5.1. Constants, Identifiers, and Objects.- 5.2. Groups and Persistency.- 5.3. Operations.- 5.4. The Quantification Mechanism.- 5.5. Input-Output.- 5.6. Control structures and blocks.- 5.7. Subprograms.- 5.8. Links.- 5.9. Built in functions.- 5.10. Program Structure.- 6. Alice, The Application Program Interface Of Algres.- 6.1. A Tour of Alice.- 6.2. Guidelines for Writing Alice Programs.- 6.3. Programming in Alice.- 7. Algraph, The Graphical Interface Of Algres.- 7.1. Graphical Display.- 7.2. Graphical Read.- 7.3. Motif Interface for Input-Output.- 7.4. Schema Editor.- Appendix A: Syntax Of Algres.- Appendix B: Syntax Of Alice Operators.- Appendix C: Algres And Alice Keywords.- Appendix D: Installing And Using The Algres System.- Getting aFree Copy of the Aigres System.- Installing Aigres.- Using Aigres Commands.- Compiling and Executing Aigres Programs.- Compiling and Executing Alice Applications.- Editing Aigres Objects.