Wow, now THAT is a Freudian slip!!! Ahem. "I care what Chris Date thinks". Got it?
Chris Hermansen wrote: > I care what Christ Date thinks. > > I'm just waiting for someone to implement PostgresD :-) > > and of course PostGISD on top of it :-) :-) > > dnrg wrote: > >> I highly recommend these as gentle, clear >> introductions to relational database design: >> >> * Databases Demystified by Andy Oppel >> * Beginning Database Design: From Novice to >> Professional by Clare Churcher >> >> Read them both. They're the best I've found for basic >> concepts and not inscrutably technical. Seems most >> books in the field are either dull as a phone >> directory or insultingly shallow, written for a >> cognitively challenged audience. >> >> If one book is deficient with a particular concept, >> check the other for an alternate explanation. >> >> The 2nd, although it has a generic-sounding title (and >> there are some real stinkers under a similar moniker), >> is a recent offering from APress books (2007 1st ed). >> Invaluable for someone getting started. >> >> Granted, these books are for non-spatial relational >> database design. >> >> Anything by Chris Date is good, but not for beginners. >> Not sure anyone here cares what Chris Date has to say. >> I was introduced to Chris Date and Fabian Pascal by an >> ESRI ArcSDE developer in Redlands. So someone out >> there cares about the RM. >> >> Thanks to all for the recommendations on PostGIS + >> Google Maps API. Good stuff. >> >> Good luck. Hope this helps. >> >> Dana >> >> >> >> >> >> ____________________________________________________________________________________ >> Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. >> http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs >> _______________________________________________ >> postgis-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://postgis.refractions.net/mailman/listinfo/postgis-users >> >> > > > -- Regards, Chris Hermansen · mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] tel:+1.604.714.2878 · fax:+1.604.733.0631 Timberline Natural Resource Group · http://www.timberline.ca 401 · 958 West 8th Avenue · Vancouver BC · Canada · V5Z 1E5 C'est ma façon de parler. _______________________________________________ postgis-users mailing list [email protected] http://postgis.refractions.net/mailman/listinfo/postgis-users
