Robert J. Muller – författare

Whether building a relational, object-relational, or object-oriented database, database developers are increasingly relying on an object-oriented design approach as the best way to meet user needs and performance criteria. This book teaches you how to use the Unified Modeling Language-the official standard of the Object Management Group-to develop and implement the best possible design for your database.

Inside, the author leads you step by step through the design process, from requirements analysis to schema generation. You'll learn to express stakeholder needs in UML use cases and actor diagrams, to translate UML entities into database components, and to transform the resulting design into relational, object-relational, and object-oriented schemas for all major DBMS products.

Teaches you everything you need to know to design, build, and test databases using an OO model Shows you how to use UML, the accepted standard for database design according to OO principles Explains how to transform your design into a conceptual schema for relational, object-relational, and object-oriented DBMSs Offers practical examples of design for Oracle, SQL Server, Sybase, Informix, Object Design, POET, and other database management systems Focuses heavily on re-using design patterns for maximum productivity and teaches you how to certify completed designs for re-use

California is breaking away. One woman has to decide whether she'll break with it…or die trying.Set in a near-future, seceding California, Death of a Golden State is a high-tension military and political thriller about a homegrown coup, rogue National Guard units, and a war for America's future fought on its own streets.As tanks choke the freeways, choppers vanish from "e;exercises,"e; and emergency broadcasts declare martial law, the Golden State becomes a battlefield where the enemy wears the same uniform as the heroes.Colonel Chazz Silver, battle-scarred from Iraq and now Chief of Staff of the California Army National Guard, thinks she's investigating a routine irregularity.Instead, she stumbles into a covert operation: a charismatic governor plotting secession, a "e;logistics-obsessed"e; general quietly positioning armor, and secret arrest lists bound for a resurrected Manzanar.When Chazz refuses to look away, her own chain of command turns on her, and surviving the next 24 hours means out-flying Black Hawks, outgunning corrupt cops, and outsmarting men who know every move she'll make—because she trained them.Hunted across bases, highways, and deserts, Chazz must choose who to trust: a Marine lover with classified connections, an airman mechanic who overhears too much, or the D.C. establishment that's already written California off.Every alliance is a gamble; every hesitation costs lives.And as improvised rebels strike tanks in San Francisco and federal forces hover at the edge of the map, one colonel's next decision could ignite a civil war—or stop it cold.Perfect for fans of The Hunt for Red October, this is a ruthless, boots-on-the-ground coup story where loyalty, love, and duty collide under the rotors of attack helicopters—and the final order Chazz gives may save the Union…or bury it with her.