From: | pete(at)example(dot)compulink(dot)co(dot)uk |
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To: | pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: Looking for good reference materials for SQL programming. |
Date: | 2001-05-11 22:11:01 |
Message-ID: | m3vgn75yfe.fsf@softhome.net |
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"Peter J. Schoenster" <peter(at)schoenster(dot)com> writes:
> Someone else wrote:
> > There is a /very/ good book, whose exact name escapes me at the
> > moment, but you should be able to find it on Amazon if you perform a
> > search for 'SQL' and 'Practical'.
>
> That is probably Practical SQL :) ... worth a read but unless I missed
> something I didn't see where it helped with design (does help with SQL
> though).
That's the one :-)
I think (the actual book is currently at work) it's the second
edition. There appeared to be a couple of chapters near the beginning
which took someone who had a real world problem, but little knowledge
of relational database design, through the process of coming up with
a correctly normalised solution.
--
Pete
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