Re: Relational Databases and Their Guts

From: Paul Vernon <paul.vernon_at_ukk.ibmm.comm>
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2003 12:13:42 +0100
Message-ID: <bd6vnb$2b5m$1@gazette.almaden.ibm.com>

"Alfredo Novoa" <alfredo_at_ncs.es> wrote in message news:e4330f45.0306230135.6adf859d_at_posting.google.com...
> Paul
>
> "Paul Vernon" <paul.vernon_at_ukk.ibmm.comm> wrote in message
news:<bd59nu$165s$2_at_gazette.almaden.ibm.com>...
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> > You guys would be well be advised to pay up and read Chris Date's, "What
First
> > Normal Form Really Means" from dbdebunk.com.
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> Is there anything new to the contents of "Introduction to Database
> Systems" and Relational Database Writings series?

Probably not anything significantly new if you are well read in Date's previous writings, but it does cover the relational valued attribute (RVA) topic in detail, clearly, with some nice examples and all in once place. Worth $10 ? Was for me.

Regards
Paul Vernon
Business Intelligence, IBM Global Services Received on Mon Jun 23 2003 - 06:13:42 CDT