Path: dp-news.maxwell.syr.edu!spool.maxwell.syr.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!postnews.google.com!75g2000cwc.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail From: "erk" Newsgroups: comp.databases.theory Subject: Re: Books Date: 8 Aug 2006 06:37:03 -0700 Organization: http://groups.google.com Lines: 25 Message-ID: <1155044223.587747.221510@75g2000cwc.googlegroups.com> References: <1155020920.288842.104440@m79g2000cwm.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 170.201.180.137 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-Trace: posting.google.com 1155044229 2510 127.0.0.1 (8 Aug 2006 13:37:09 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2006 13:37:09 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: <1155020920.288842.104440@m79g2000cwm.googlegroups.com> User-Agent: G2/0.2 X-HTTP-UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.0.6) Gecko/20060728 Firefox/1.5.0.6,gzip(gfe),gzip(gfe) Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: 75g2000cwc.googlegroups.com; posting-host=170.201.180.137; posting-account=D5on_Q0AAACQwqv81pYDfkXI2sLkx8Xr Xref: dp-news.maxwell.syr.edu comp.databases.theory:44068 Paolo wrote: > Hello, > > I'm looking for some books on database design and theory and was > looking for some suggestions. I have been dabbling with a database for > just a couple of months now and have quickly come to realize how > necessary it is to have some sort of a foundation. So I'm looking for > some introductory texts. > > Thanks, > > paolo@NOSPAMcornacchia.net I'd heartily recommend Date's "Database In Depth" as an introduction - I found it an interesting new way of explaining relational theory, good even for those who've read his much larger Introduction. If you enjoy and/or benefit from that, then definitely read his "Introduction to Database Management." I also second Bob's recommendation of Fabian Pascal's "Practical Issues" book. - Eric