
FUNDAMENTALS OF
Database
Systems
SIXTH EDITION
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FUNDAMENTALS OF
Database
Systems
SIXTH EDITION
Ramez Elmasri
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
The University of Texas at Arlington
Shamkant B. Navathe
College of Computing
Georgia Institute of Technology
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