Re: Understanding relational database setup/construction

2002-06-23 Thread David T-G
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Cal -- ...and then Cal Evans said... % % TjL, % % To start with: Thanks for the titles! ... % Work your way through both books in a couple of months and then spend every % waking hour organizing data into tables for a couple of years and you'll

Re: Understanding relational database setup/construction

2002-06-22 Thread Phil Dobbin
On 22/6/02 at 17:05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Timothy J. Luoma) wrote: > I've looked through Google and the MySQL website without luck. > > I'm looking to find a place which discusses the theory of how one > should > create a database, how to organize the information, etc. > > There's got to be a g

Re: Understanding relational database setup/construction

2002-06-22 Thread Jeff Kilbride
I haven't tried it, yet, but this looks like an interesting alternative for a "try-before-you-buy" method of selecting books: http://safari.informit.com/mainhom.asp?home You can subscribe to a list of books monthly and have full access to them online. If you take a look at this, I would recommen

RE: Understanding relational database setup/construction

2002-06-22 Thread Cal Evans
TjL, To start with: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0764507370/qid=1024783081/sr=8-1/ref= sr_8_1/104-4398960-1440757 If the title bothers you, take a Sharipe, cross out "Dummies" and write "Managers", no one will ever know. :) This book gives an excellent primer in theory and normalizati

Re: Understanding relational database setup/construction

2002-06-22 Thread Ed Kasky
For theory and history, I found the manual to be an excellent place to start... http://www.mysql.com/manual.php and have a walk through the tutorial starting with: http://www.mysql.com/doc/C/o/Connecting-disconnecting.html At 05:05 PM Saturday, 6/22/2002, Timothy J. Luoma wrote -=> >I've lo

RE: Understanding relational database setup/construction

2002-06-22 Thread Peter Lovatt
Hi Not sure about sites but try searching for 'database normalisation tutorial' I found http://www.codelearn.com/rdb/rdbd_nt1_s.html which looks to be a reasonable start. Peter --- Excellence in internet and open source software ---