I'm a recent student but I sold back my DB text in hopes I'd never have to know the stuff again (I guess that $20 wasn't worth it). The current book my old prof is using is:
Introduction to Database Systems, 7th Edition by C.J. Date. but since I don't know if that's the one I used I don't know if it's any good. I do know that the class covered the normalizations and things like that. It might be a good place to start, but it seems like college textbooks are always at least twice the cost of normal books. I haven't tried the PHP O'Reilly book, so thanks for the warning! -Natalie > -----Original Message----- > From: DL Neil [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2002 5:34 PM > To: Leotta, Natalie (NCI/IMS); 'Andy'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] How can recommend a book for SQL and DB design > > Andy (and Natalie), > > In fact the O'Reilly book on PHP is the exception that might well prove > the rule - normally I think them v.good > > The reference work on MySQL is by Paul DuBois (who often stops by here - > "hi Paul") and published by New Riders. > > Unfortunately none of my favorite texts (of the moment) go into the > background of db theory, eg normalisation. > Perhaps one of the (recent) students on the list can help with that one... > > Regards, > =dn > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Leotta, Natalie (NCI/IMS)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "'Andy'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: 15 January 2002 22:14 > Subject: RE: [PHP-DB] How can recommend a book for SQL and DB design > > > > Any O'Reilly book is always a good choice. O'Reilly is the publisher - > they > > do the "Nutshell" books and a bunch of others. They are also the books > with > > animals on them, if that helps :-) > > > > -Natalie > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Andy [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2002 5:11 PM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: [PHP-DB] How can recommend a book for SQL and DB design > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > I am searching for a good book on how to design a db for web apps. > > > Normalisation rools, performance....just describing how to do it on a > > > proffesional way. > > > > > > The second one, I am searching for is a book about SQL for MySQL. Any > good > > > books on the market? > > > > > > Thanx for the recommendation > > > > > > Andy > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -- > > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
