database theory book recommendations?

2008-01-16 Thread Toby Douglass
I'm currently applying for a developer job with mySQL. I want to improve my database theory knowledge. Any book recommendations? Searching on-line is surprisingly unhelpful; the only things I've found so far which looks half-sensible are Database is Depth by Chris Date, and Expert mySQL by

Re: database theory book recommendations?

2008-01-16 Thread Olaf Stein
Not necessarily theory but very good if you want to work with mysql is the mysql 5.0 certification guide olaf On 1/16/08 9:40 AM, Toby Douglass [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm currently applying for a developer job with mySQL. I want to improve my database theory knowledge. Any book

Re: database theory book recommendations?

2008-01-16 Thread Baron Schwartz
On Jan 16, 2008 9:40 AM, Toby Douglass [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm currently applying for a developer job with mySQL. I want to improve my database theory knowledge. Any book recommendations? Searching on-line is surprisingly unhelpful; the only things I've found so far which looks

Re: database theory book recommendations?

2008-01-16 Thread mos
At 08:54 AM 1/16/2008, Baron Schwartz wrote: On Jan 16, 2008 9:40 AM, Toby Douglass [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm currently applying for a developer job with mySQL. I want to improve my database theory knowledge. Any book recommendations? Searching on-line is surprisingly unhelpful; the

TOC for High Performance MySQL (was: database theory book recommendations?)

2008-01-16 Thread Baron Schwartz
On Jan 16, 2008 10:35 AM, mos [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Baron, I'm glad to hear there is going to be an update to High Performance MySQL. What MySQL versions will it cover and is there a table of contents available online? TIA It covers what we know well, which is 5.0, in great detail.

Re: database theory book recommendations?

2008-01-16 Thread Martijn Tonies
Searching on-line is surprisingly unhelpful; the only things I've found so far which looks half-sensible are Database is Depth by Chris Date, and Expert mySQL by Charles A. Bell (which looks more practical rather than theoretical). I have that book by Date. Heavy on theory and ranting