On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 11:14 PM, Paul Rubin <http://phr...@nospam.invalid> wrote: > Steve Holden <st...@holdenweb.com> writes: >> It seems to me that the biggest sin in databases is a failure to use >> rigorous design techniques. If somebody doesn't understand relational >> theory > > Where does one find out about this? I've somehow managed to avoid > it for an awfully long time, but it begins to look useful. Thanks.
Go to the source: "The relational model for database management" by E. F. Codd http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=77708 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list