Database fundamentals: wanna learn.

2009-12-28 Thread Ken D'Ambrosio
Hey, all. I've been using databases clear back to xBase days; that being said, I've never had a solid foundation for relational databases. While I can muddle by in SQL, I really don't have a good understanding of exactly how keys are set up, the underpinnings of indexing, and, oh, lots of

Re: Database fundamentals: wanna learn.

2009-12-28 Thread Claudio Nanni
Hi Ken, thanks for sharing! If you want to start from scratch, I would go for a book like this: http://www.amazon.com/SQL-Complete-Reference-James-Groff/dp/0071592555/ref=dp_ob_title_bk I did not 'read' it thru, but this is the one I would buy. If you want to embrace MySQL, in my opinion, the

Re: Database fundamentals: wanna learn.

2009-12-28 Thread Peter Brawley
Ken, So, any suggestions -- books, courses, web sites, what-have-you -- that I should be hitting up so I can have a better grasp of what's going on behind the scenes? http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/tutorial.html Start at top left and work your way downwards rightwards at

Re: Database fundamentals: wanna learn.

2009-12-28 Thread Mike OK
Subject: Re: Database fundamentals: wanna learn. Hi Ken, thanks for sharing! If you want to start from scratch, I would go for a book like this: http://www.amazon.com/SQL-Complete-Reference-James-Groff/dp/0071592555/ref=dp_ob_title_bk I did not 'read' it thru, but this is the one I would buy

Re: Database fundamentals: wanna learn.

2009-12-28 Thread Martijn Tonies
Hey, all. I've been using databases clear back to xBase days; that being said, I've never had a solid foundation for relational databases. While I can muddle by in SQL, I really don't have a good understanding of exactly how keys are set up, the underpinnings of indexing, and, oh, lots of

Re: Database fundamentals: wanna learn.

2009-12-28 Thread Gary Smith
Ken D'Ambrosio wrote: Hey, all. I've been using databases clear back to xBase days; that being said, I've never had a solid foundation for relational databases. While I can muddle by in SQL, I really don't have a good understanding of exactly how keys are set up, the underpinnings of indexing,