Alexandre CONRAD wrote: >> I don't think these are quite on the mark - one is too low-level, the >> other too high - but they are both good books and somewhat related. > > What do you mean by "too high" or "too low-level" ? Do you mean it's too > high or too low in terms of programming ? Or it's too much suited for > experts or newbies ?
In terms of application levels. You asked for books about "database design and concepts". The first book I mentioned is more about using a database than it is about design. The second book is more about the design of applications that use databases. > > I might have to mention that I'm new to the database world and I only > have a very few vocabulary words concerning them. Words like "tables", > "columns", "fields", "primary key", "foreign key" start to make sense to > me. A also discovered about "normalization" a few days ago. I think you would find "Practical SQL Handbook" useful. It does have a good beginnners introduction to drelational atabase concepts and a wealth of practical help. The Fowler book is more advanced (in learning level) and probably not a good beginner book - until you have some experience the things he talks about probably won't make much sense. Kent > > >> Here is a very practical guide on *using* databases, it does have a >> chapter on design. >> http://www.amazon.com/Practical-SQL-Handbook-Using-Variants/dp/0201703092/sr=1-1/qid=1157968204/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-4955671-9297524?ie=UTF8&s=books >> >> >> This is an excellent book about how to design an application that uses a >> database, talks about the problems that come up, different ways to >> address the problems and tradeoffs in the solutions: >> http://www.amazon.com/Patterns-Enterprise-Application-Architecture-Martin/dp/0321127420/sr=1-1/qid=1157968478/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-4955671-9297524?ie=UTF8&s=books >> > > It all sounds good. I'll have a look on these also. > > Thanks you. > > Regards, ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Sqlalchemy-users mailing list Sqlalchemy-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sqlalchemy-users
