Re: Searching for a good, simple and clear introduction to Relational Databases

There is some relevant material on the Database Answers Site :- 1) A (very) short history of Databases :-

   http://www.databaseanswers.com/history.htm 2) References to Ted Codd, ('father' of Relational databases) :-

   http://www.databaseanswers.com/normal_forms.htm    http://www.databaseanswers.com/codds_rules.htm 3) An approach to designing a Database :-

   http://www.databaseanswers.com/approach2db_design.htm 4) Over 40 Data Models for Database designs where you can look for something

   that might be a good start :-
   http://www.databaseanswers.com/data_models/index.htm 5) A Page of links to some excellent online Tutorial material :-

   http://www.databaseanswers.com/tutorials.htm

Hope this helps.

B.Dimple
Junior DBA
KPI Systems

"Diego TERCERO" <diego.tercero_at_excite.com> wrote in message news:<JCze7.1653$Lp7.1031266_at_nnrp4.proxad.net>...
> Hi,
> I'm not knew to databases but I have a friend who wants me to teach him how
> to create a relational database with Access. The thing is I want to do
> things right and want to start by giving him some theorical lessons about
> relational databases design, you know everything about how DB models have
> evolved from the plain paper to relational databases, why grouping the info
> in entities, why choosing a primary key, why using foreign keys, etc...
> without getting too technical, I don't want to teach him anything related to
> SQL just... databases theory.
>
> I've searched the web for some of this stuff and I haven't came up with
> anything good, maybe I don't know were the good stuff is and I was wondering
> if any of you did know were to find quality material about this or
> evenutally had doc at home that you could send to me. I want this doc to
> give me an idea of how I should guide my explanation and to point out what
> are the important things that a newbie should be aware of when creating a
> database.
>
> Thanx a lot.
>
> Diego
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