Re: A question for Mr. Celko
From: Jan Hidders <jan.hidders_at_REMOVETHIS.pandora.be>
Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2004 23:52:06 GMT
Message-Id: <pan.2004.07.18.23.52.44.285959_at_REMOVETHIS.pandora.be>
Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2004 23:52:06 GMT
Message-Id: <pan.2004.07.18.23.52.44.285959_at_REMOVETHIS.pandora.be>
On Sun, 18 Jul 2004 16:23:13 +0000, Marshall Spight wrote:
>
> I've been avoiding learning about relational calculi because algebras
> are so much easier on my tiny brain. [...]
>
> Care to recommend some reading material?
That all depends a bit on what you already know, your mathematical skills, the abstraction level you can handle, the problems you are trying to solve, et cetera. For starters, did you read the chapters on tuple and domain calculus in Date's introduction? And do you already know first order logic?
- Jan Hidders