Re: Recommendation on book for database theory

"Adam Steiner" <ajsteineer_at_a_o_l.com> wrote in message news:3dd97482$1_5_at_news.teranews.com...
> Hi,
>
> I've been reading some of the articles in this group off and on for the
last
> few months. I have done some reading on relational databases and have
found
> them to seem rather sensible. However, I've seen references to other
types
> of database models, such as Object Oriented Databases (I believe I heard
> something about 'star' or 'starr' databases as well). I was wondering if
> someone could recommend a book or two on how these different models work.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Adam Steiner
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>

Some examples of OODBs in use:

"Object Databases in Practice"
http://www.btinternet.com/~webdatabases/html/013899725X.html

"Succeeding with Object Databases"
http://www.btinternet.com/~webdatabases/html/0471383848.html

I also maintain a small web page with some reference material on OODBs:

http://www.btinternet.com/~webdatabases/html/resources.html

HTH

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