Re: transition from programmer to developer

On Sun, 17 Aug 2008 11:17:11 -0400, Bo Vance wrote:

Martin Gregorie wrote:
I don't know any particular modern books that I'd recommend, but I have
copies of Chris Date's "Principles of Database Design" and "The SQL
Standard" on my shelf. The first will always be relevant, though the
latter has dated because it does deal with the specifics of an early
SQL standard. "Principles" prior to the 4th edition covered
non-relational databases: later editions don't, which I personally
think is a pity but others may disagree.


FWIW,
_An Introduction to Database Systems_ 8th ed. C.J.Date 0-321-19784-4 has
been well worth the purchase price. This is from my vantage as a
hobbyist and general enthusiast. Much read once and absorb, but also
I've found myself going back to it finding depth of treatment that I
missed on previous readings. The reference and bibliographic notes are
most excellent.

My mistake: "An Introduction to Database Systems" is the book I meant and
the SQL book's full title is "A Guide to the SQL Standard". These titles
got corrupted somewhere between my bookshelf and the keyboard.

Newcomers to database design may not have heard of Chris Date. He worked
at IBM with Ted Codd, who came up with the relational database concept,
and was one of the people introducing key concepts like prime and foreign
keys to Codd's original relational algrebra.


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