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| Dear list, | | I'm hoping to move to MySQL from Access, mostly so I can use my Mac to build databases. So far I've been able to set up MySQL, connect to it, and create databases and tables. Getting to this point has required a paradigm shift or two on my part (my first question after it was installed was, okay, how the hell do I open up the app and start work?). | | Now I'd like to create some relationships between the tables in my database. But I'm having some trouble getting my head around how to do this - probably because I'm working with an Access paradigm. Imagine I had two tables: | [snip]
Perhaps a good session with a relational database book would help you break the 'Access' paradigm :) I have had good success with 'Database Design For Mere Mortals', Michael J. Hernandez, 0-201-69471-9.
'MySQL' by Paul DuBois will also give you a good start to RDBMS concepts and design. - -- /* All outgoing email scanned by AVG Antivirus */ Amer Neely, Softouch Information Services Home of Spam Catcher & North Bay Information Technology Networking Group W: www.softouch.on.ca E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Perl | PHP | MySQL | CGI programming for all data entry forms. "We make web sites work!" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (MingW32) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org
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