On Fri, 2006-03-10 at 14:53 -0500, 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. >
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