Database design question [was: free software alternative to Access]

2005-04-19 Thread Paul Lussier
All this talk about databases reminded me of a project I was working on a while back in which I had some fundamental database design questions, but not the time to properly research the answers. (of course, like all great projects driven by marketing, the immediate crisis which prompted the projec

Re: Database design question [was: free software alternative to Access]

2005-04-19 Thread Richard Soule
Paul, You could try: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/customer-reviews/1558606726/ref=cm_cr_dp_2_1/103-8170352-9419859?%5Fencoding=UTF8&customer-reviews.sort%5Fby=-SubmissionDate&n=283155 Not sure about the above, but it seems highly rated (even though there are only 9 ratings). All the books tha

Re: Database design question [was: free software alternative to Access]

2005-04-19 Thread Kevin D. Clark
Paul Lussier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > So, does anyone have any decent references or pointers to basic > relational database design? I'm looking for something generic to SQL, > and not tied to any specific implementation. The O'Reilly mSQL and MySQL book has a chapter or two that discusses

Re: Database design question [was: free software alternative to Access]

2005-04-19 Thread Ted Roche
On Apr 19, 2005, at 9:01 AM, Paul Lussier wrote: So, does anyone have any decent references or pointers to basic relational database design? I'm looking for something generic to SQL, and not tied to any specific implementation. That's what I do for a living, design database applications, and teach