Re: storing survey answers of different data types

From: Roy Hann <specially_at_processed.almost.meat>
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 09:39:03 -0500
Message-ID: <ydednSsFlbqasXLUnZ2dnUVZ8jGdnZ2d_at_pipex.net>


Bob Badour wrote:

> Roy Hann wrote:
>
>> Bob Badour wrote:
>>
>>>lawpoop wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Apr 22, 6:33 am, cim..._at_hotmail.com wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>[Snipped]
>>>>>The solution Roy refers to is about serious design where very little
>>>>>material of value has been posted on Google. Grabbing a good book and
>>>>>reading will help you even more.
>>>>
>>>>That sounds wonderful! :) Can you give me a title?
>>>
>>>_Practical Issues In Database Management: A Reference for the Thinking
>>>Practitioner_ by Fabian Pascal.
>>
>> I was going to mention that one. (I have an autographed copy that Fabian
>> gave me!) But I decided his much earlier book is the nearest thing
>> to "Relational Databases for Beginners" that anyone has ever written.
>
> This is true. However, I don't recall it getting into subtypes
> explicitly. It has been a while; I could be wrong about that.

I am certain you are correct, but what it does cover it gets right. That is no mean feat for a book that talks about SQL.

-- 
Roy
Received on Wed Apr 22 2009 - 16:39:03 CEST

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