On Fri, 10 Mar 2006 14:53:43 -0500 Scott Rhoades <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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. > For a good grounding in industrial strength databases learn SQL on any platform (LAMP is a cheap platform). For database theory, at my tertiary institute we were given this book, which has probably been updated again: Modern Database Management ISBN 0-201-47432-8 But this one works well with a LAMP setup, including the installation and basic SQL grounding. Build your own Database Driven Website Using PHP & MySQL. ISBN 0-9752402-1-8 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
