Scott Rhoades wrote:
I've been playing around with Base and want to learn more about basic
database design. I'm a non-programmer, but not non-technical. I've used
databases quite a bit, but never played around with creating my own. I'd
like to learn more about concepts and design. The Base documentation for
OpenOffice is not yet helpful (or even there), but even if it were, I
wouldn't expect it to cover database theory.
Here's the question. I've never used Access. Never even looked at it.
Most of the books seem to be <ahem> based around Access. Are Base and
Access similar enough that a reasonably technical person can use a book
that discusses Access to learn to use Base?
Any suggestions for books? Databases Demystified looks promising based
on Amazon reviews, except, of course, it's all about Access. Keep in
mind that, being a beginner who wants to learn this stuff for myself and
not for professional reasons, I don't want to invest a lot in a book for
DB professionals.
Scott:
I make and use databases on a fairly regular basis. I'm not a guru, nor
do I know anything about Base in OOo.
I searched on the web for some stuff on database basics and these ones
looked like a good start. From there, you might know more what to search
for on the internet and/or what kinds of books would be good.
Crystle
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Database (lots of further links)
http://www.htmlgoodies.com/primers/database/article.php/3478051
http://www.smallbusinesscomputing.com/emarketing/article.php/3364381
http://www.extropia.com/tutorials/sql/what_is_database.html
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