On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I swapped emails with a member of the list and Im having trouble seeing how you can > take 3NF, BCNF, etc... and turn that into DBA speak. One of the guys told me that > BCNF essentially means you have a key that you can put a unique constraint on. Well > that makes this much easier to understand. >
Hrm, I thought a key, by definition, implied a unique constraint... > All my theory books just discuss theory. Anyone know some that split the difference. > IE, not Codd, not CJ Date, Not the academic textbooks. > I'm not sure what the opinion on Fabian Pascal is here on the list, but I found his "Practical issues in Database Management" to be very good. It's subtitled "A reference for the thinking practitioner". It's not a textbook, but it does make you use your brain a bit. It might be what you're looking for. It has helped to clarify the relational model for me, but might put some people off as it's critical (without naming specific products) of most current implementations of 'relational' databases. > Thanks. > > -- Dan ======================================================================== Daniel Hanks - Systems/Database Administrator About Inc., Web Services Division ======================================================================== -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Daniel Hanks INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
