Re: New to Databases-books on databases

Vadim Tropashko <nospam_at_newsranger.com> wrote in message news:<1bBO6.4129$r4.245241_at_www.newsranger.com>...
> Chris Date. All others are somewhat complementary to his "black and white"
> picture. Even reviewers of his textbook on amazon are in two very distinctive
> camps;-)
>
> In article <s7yO6.23467$iC1.814365_at_news6.giganews.com>, Joe Johnson says...
> >
> >I'm new to databases and am looking for a good book on database concepts,
> >principles, theory, etc.
> >
> >The ones that I have considered so far are:
> >
> >An Introduction to Database Systems-C.J. Date
> >
> >A First Course in Database Systems-Jeffrey Ullman
> >
> >Database System Concepts-Abraham Silberschatz
> >
> >Fundamentals of Database Systems-Ramez Elmasri
> >
> >Conceptual Database Design-Carlo Batini
> >
> >Database Management Systems-Raghu Ramakrishnan
> >
> >I would appreciate any comments on the above books and/or any additional
> >suggestions. Thanks in advance for any help.
> >
> >J.
> >
> >
> >
> >

If you're an end user and plan on doing real world things, I'd go with Date.
It's basically the 'standard'.

If you want more of an academic background, Ullman or Silbershatz are both good
books.

If you want a mix, then there's one Jennifer Widom, published by Morgan-Kaufmann which is OK, but, I don't remember the name. See www.mkp.com.

Joe Trubisz
Dept. of Computer Science
SUNY Stony Brook
Stony Brook, NY 11794 Received on Sat Aug 11 2001 - 16:54:38 CDT