Re: Im stuck in a black hole!

"Sted Alana" <Sted_Alana_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message news:<3cea3226_1_at_news.iprimus.com.au>...
> "godmann"
> Sted,
> >
> > Try a textbook by Elmasri from library. It was the textbook I used in
> college
> > and it explains really well, the functional dependency, the closure, 1NF,
> > 2NF, 3NF, Multivalue NF, even BoyceCodd NF. I can't remember much now. I
> used
> > to do lots of these.
> >
> > To enlighten some, what he is trying to do is the rule for
> normalization.
> > Normalization is employed in ER design. DBA do not do that job.
> >
> > This thread is more like a college school work problem.
> >
> > Try to get that textbook. It's the best to my knowledge and read under
> the
> > chapter, Normalization.
>
> I heard of that book, but I wasnt sure If it was any good, but now I know
> better.
>

It's a fairly good book. But I only used it as a reference book and my text book was one written by my professor, Torry, who happens to be one of the people who first proposed ERD. That's a good book too.

> Thanks.
Received on Wed May 22 2002 - 11:15:08 CDT