Re: problem with historical data and referential integrity

The world rejoiced as "--CELKO--" <jcelko212_at_earthlink.net> wrote:
>>> Looks like an excellent book; I'd be game for a 'license' involving
> getting permission to print a copy based on then ("honour system")
> sending Snodgrass some fee that would more than likely exceed what he
> was getting from MKP. <<
>
> I think that Rick has the copyright back now and that is why it is on
> the website.

That's well and fine; if I'm getting value out of it, he deserves _something_. I'm not in academia, so paper citations won't likely be my "way of giving back," so there's doubtless worse things than the "ego boost" of him getting an unexpected payment :-).

> Frankly, I thought about doing a "temporal query" book for MKP. My
> little piece on TREES & HIERARCHIES is doing very well, so "niche
> SQL" books might be a good idea instead "encyclopedia" programming
> books.

I would tend to agree. The "encyclopaedia" approach heads towards the hideous SAMS books and such, and it's hard for them to actually present anything _well_ when they're all over the map. When they're good, it's still too big to fit in a briefcase, and it's likely that there are only pieces that are good.

On my "to get" list is the one on _Translucent Databases_, which is thin, but pretty important. Most of the really good, seminal books aren't all that big, because it really doesn't take that many pages to present the seminal ideas.

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