Re: SQL For Smarties 3rd Edition - ATTN Joe Celko

"paul c" <toledobythesea_at_dbms.yuc> wrote in message news:h1T3h.265885$1T2.125902_at_pd7urf2no...
> David Cressey wrote:
> > "paul c" <toledobythesea_at_dbms.yuc> wrote in message
> > news:3eI2h.244789$1T2.85008_at_pd7urf2no...
> >> David Cressey wrote:
> >> ...
> >>> The best low level theory for newbie database designers is over at the
U
> >>> Texas IT department. I also send newbies there.
> >>> It's got a few errors in it, IMO. But over all, it's a better job of
> >>> presenting the theory in a nutshell than I would have done.
> >>> ...
> >> I looked but all I found was a few paragraphs on normalization. Do you
> >> have any links?
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >> p
> >
> > Here's the link to the top level page....
> >
> > http://www.utexas.edu/its/windows/database/datamodeling/rm/overview.html
> >
> > This leads down to E-R modeling, and introduces tables, etc. and also
> > normalization.
> > The outline is in the left hand column.
> >
> > And, by the way, here's the link to the database answers
> >
> > http://www.databaseanswers.org/
> >
> > Click on "300+ free kick-start-databases".
> >
> > I am convinced that these are good sites for newcomers that ask ask
basic
> > questions. But I'm very open to being led to better sites than these.
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
> thanks. (i didn't expect database to be subheading of windows.)

Agreed. Finding database under windows is certainly bizarre.

The whole idea of headings and subheadings smacks of the hierarchical model, if you ask me. Received on Wed Nov 08 2006 - 12:39:26 CET