Database Background: Optional Reading

For today's class, ther is one optional paper: Joseph M. Hellerstein, Michael Stonebraker : Anatomy of a Database System. Readings in Database Systems, Fourth Edition Morgan Kaufmann 2005. This paper provides a bit more of a background of what the internals of a database system looks like for those who lack much database background.

If that link fails, try this method. The paper can be found as an electronic resource through the UBC library. Either log on from a computer inside UBC, or try the remote proxy server/VPN. Then:

  1. Go to http://www.books24x7.com/marc.asp?bookid=10757.
  2. Click on the book title.
  3. Sign up for a free account using a UBC e-mail address
  4. Wait for your free password
  5. Return to the URL for the book
  6. go to chapter 1