Concepts of database management sixth edition august 2007 august 2007 read more authors philip j pratt joseph j adamski. Now in its sixth edition concepts of database management will maintain the focus on real world case exercises that made previous editions so effective and incorporate all new scenarios to reflect the most common database issues faced today such as database design data integrity concurrent updates and data security. Database system concepts by silberschatz korth and sudarshan is now in its 6th edition and is one of the cornerstone texts of database education it presents the fundamental concepts of database management in an intuitive manner geared toward allowing students to begin working with databases as quickly as possible the text is designed for a first course in databases at the junior senior . Database system concepts sixth edition avi silberschatz henry f korth s sudarshan mcgraw hill isbn 0 07 352332 1 face the real world of database systems fully equipped welcome to the home page of database system concepts sixth edition this new edition published by mcgraw hill was released january 28 2010