Re: Help wanted from a beginner
Date: Sun, 22 Jan 1995 23:47:46 GMT
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Davis Shu Kee Chan (r6d192_at_ugrad.cs.ubc.ca) wrote:
: I am first time user in Oracle, does anyone know if there is any good
: books or documents for learning SQLplus and Oracle? I has been asked
: to writing a database system for students. Thanks for any help in
: advance!
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I recommend an oracle book by McGraw-Hill. I am not sure of the exact name. The book is a bit old it came out aroung the same time as rdbms version 6 but it is still really usefull. It may have been updated since.
The first couple of chapters cover relational theory. It has a clear explanation of how to normalize a db design and the reason's why it is sometimes necessary to denormalize. The book has lots of examples, and it also has a reference
Oracle Master Database Administration April 92 Noah Monsey Oracle Master Application Development April 92 noah_at_indirect.com Received on Mon Jan 23 1995 - 00:47:46 CET