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Subject: Re: Is this the place to come?
Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 10:03:22 +0000 (UTC)
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"Darryl Licke" <darylick@rcn.com> wrote in message
news:aggloa$l6q$1@bob.news.rcn.net...
> I just got an internship that may require me to learn Relational databases
> and database theory in general. I have "An Introduction to Database
Systems"
> by C. J. Date (7th ed.) and I will be using this as I already own it yet
> have yet to crack it open (so far just a cool shelf item). Anyway, the
book
> gives answers to some questions but not all. Would this be a good
newsgroup
> to check for such answers as well as a resource for when I get stuck? Its
> been two years since I left undergrad and this is just one of the many
> things I plan on doing to get back into the tech field as I am currently
> working at a library so I can pay the bills (though I am learning Flash at
> work and thats cool and the ActionScript and the way XML interacts with it
> will be useful if not resume worthy).
>
> Matt
>
>
>
>

comp.databases may be also be useful. For some answers you might find the
debunking site is also relevant:

http://www.dbdebunk.com/

Particularly since Chris Date contributes there.

vr

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