I've been g this thread and just want to say: Bless you for actually answering the initial question! Thanks!
Tracie -----Original Message----- From: Rob Lancefield [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, January 29, 2001 11:27 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Courses and References on Database Design - Addendum Hi all, Those interested in reading a bit on this topic may want to look at: _Database Design for Mere Mortals_ by Michael J. Hernandez Addison-Wesley Developers Press, 1997 (ISBN 0-201-69471-9) An often-recommended entry-level explanation with quite minimal jargon _Data Modeling Essentials: Analysis, Design and Innovation_ by Graeme Simsion Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1994 (ISBN 1-850-32877-3) A useful book with more nuts-and-bolts discussion, assuming a somewhat higher degree of comfort with more technical language and presentation Both of these books are platform- and environment-agnostic; I found them useful when starting to develop in FileMaker Pro, but they both adopt a tools-neutral approach that should render them widely useful. Rob At 4:32 PM -0500 1/26/01, Guy Hermann wrote: >I, too, would chime in to offer caution about developing a system on >your own, but, if you are committed to that approach, here are a few >thoughts: > >1) It is hard to find good resources because relational database >design is not easily learned.... -- _________________________________________________________________ rob lancefield ~ [email protected] ~ wesleyan university registrar of collections / manager of museum information services davison art center http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/home.html 301 high street, middletown ct 06459 usa tel. 860.685.2965 chair, mcn standards sig http://www.mcn.edu/stand_subscribe.taf maintainer, XMacL: XML News for Mac Users http://xmacl.com
