INSIDE RELATIONAL DATABASES
Some promotional blurb from Springer says:
The
second edition of the best-selling Inside Relational Databases
is revised and updated to bring you the most reader-friendly explanation
of the relational model and its importance to database designers
and builders. By far the majority of modern database management
systems are based on the relational model: understanding the model
lets you avoid the pitfalls that lead to flawed databases. Of equal
benefit to users of Access, SQL Server, DB2 and Oracle, Bill and
I show you how an understanding of the relational model can make
your databases faster and much more flexible, using examples rather
than equations and figures rather than formulae.
If any of the terms below have started to appear in your life and
their meaning and relevance is elusive, this book is for you:
- Normalization
- Nulls
- Primary and foreign keys
- Joins
- Relationships
- Domains
- Referential integrity
- Transactions
- Row/page locking
- Indexing
- Client-server databases
- Logical, physical and entity relationship modelling (ERM)
Inside Relational Databases not only explains these
terms and concepts but also puts them into the context of designing
a relational database so that you can understand what they are and
why they are important. For the 2nd edition, the entire book has
been revised and extensively expanded to include material of interest
to those creating complex multi-user databases.
Dr Mark Whitehorn has gained an extensive understanding of relational
database theory and has an enthusiastic style of communication that
is ideally suited to shedding light on this complex topic. His popular
and long running database column in the UK’s Personal Computer
World has already made database theory accessible to thousands of
people.
Bill Marklyn has an intimate knowledge of relational theory and
was the Development Manager who oversaw the entire design of the
first two major releases of Microsoft’s highly successful
RDBMS, Access.
Together they make a great team, illuminating a tricky subject
with substance and style.
And now quotes from the back cover, none of which I wrote - really.
"Quite simply - superb. By making relational databases understandable,
Mark Whitehorn and Bill Marklyn have achieved far more than most.
Making the subject interesting and entertaining as well puts these
two authors firmly in a class of their own.” Neil
Fawcett, Group Technical Editor, VNU Business Publications
“Inside Relational Databases is excellent. It is clearly
and concisely written and full of humourous asides which ease the
reader through an otherwise weighty topic. Probably the most engaging
technical book I have read.” Paul McGowan
“As a result of ordering and studying your excellent book,
Inside Relational Databases, it is now required reading for all
my students. This e mail is simply to say thank you for a superb
and understandable publication. I've learned a lot from it, and
I'm sure my delegates will too.” Ian Wilshaw
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