Re: table design

From: Mike Adams <madams55075(at)comcast(dot)net>
To: Matt <urlugal(dot)mailinglists(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Craig Barnes <cjbarnes18(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: table design
Date: 2011-06-13 02:49:07
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On 2011-02-14 07:25, Matt wrote:
>
>
> I have a few books and have been slowly making my way through
> them and the combination of them and trial and error to see what
> works and what doesn't has proved to be the best way. The ones
> I found helpful for me anyway are "SQL and Relational Theory" by
> CJ Date, The Postgres Documentation, and "The Theory Of
> Relational Databases" David Maier.
>

Now, both of those books are VERY good, but for design from scratch...
give:


http://www.amazon.com/Database-Design-Mere-Mortals-Hands/dp/0201752840

a try, I thought it rather well thought out.

Also read Celko (any and all):


http://www.amazon.com/Joe-Celko/e/B000ARBFVQ/ref=sr_tc_ep?qid=1307931971

Enjoy,
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Michael Adams
SQL/Perl/VBA/C??/Java
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