Re: give me some advice

Paul Linehan wrote:

> samhello_at_163.com (Sam) wrote:
>
> > linehanp_at_tcd.ie (Paul Linehan) wrote
>
> > > --------------------------------
> > > Book: "Database Design" by Gio Wiederhold.

This is pretty ancient - 1977 according to Amazon. He also wrote 'File Organization for Database Design', published in 1987. I've not read either, so I can't comment on them other than on the basis of age.

> > > _all_ the theoretical background then Date and
> > > Darwen's 'Foundation for Future Database Systems: The Third
> > > Manifesto' is to only way to go

But it is quite a tough read when you get into inheritance.

> > Mr. Paul Linehan:
> > Would you please comment on the book "the Implementation of database system"
> > writen by Garcia-Molina,professor of Stanford University ,if you heard about it ?
>
> I didn't know of it before, but I will certainly consider purchasing
> it - it's got good reviews and is right in the area that I'm searching
> in.

It's quite an interesting book. It covers a lot of the ground. I don't recall a huge amount about the system catalog in there, which was one of the comments in this thread in relation to the Wiederhold book. The system catalog actually tends to be rather boring, but crucial.

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