So .. would anyone know a good book for seasoned programmers, who are new to databases, that addresses all these issues?
~ Paul Claessen > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Simon > Slavin > Sent: Monday, July 27, 2009 12:34 PM > To: [email protected]; General Discussion of SQLite Database > Subject: Re: [sqlite] What is a Relation? > > > On 27 Jul 2009, at 2:49pm, Jay A. Kreibich wrote: > > > That's because most people are, unfortunately, taught SQL in a vacuum > > with none of the theory or background. > > > Yes yes. Hence the recent rash of people on this list who can't dry- > run their software, don't understand what an index is, have no > appreciation of how to guess him much work a computer is doing, etc.. > This is a big problem in the industry in general: they teach you how > to declare an index without explaining why or what kind of index will > help you. > > I keep wanting to scream "If you don't grok the need you shouldn't be > a programmer to start with.". But it's not their fault, it's their > bosses' fault. > > Simon. > _______________________________________________ > sqlite-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users _______________________________________________ sqlite-users mailing list [email protected] http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users
