A Sane Approach to Database Design (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781435749238)

Learn how to create an accurate, efficient, maintainable database that can be implemented on any modern platform. There's more to building databases than just knowing SQL. Database design is the art of transforming real-world requirements into an information model that can be implemented with a relational database. Which particular database product you use is not important. The concepts are the same. This book presents a step-by-step guide to building a database. Topics include: Requirements gathering * Introduction to SQL * The model sequence * Entities, relationships, and attributes * Keys and indexes * Entity-Relationship Diagrams * Naming * Normalization * Implementation * Breaking the rule

Author: Mark Johansen
ISBN-10: 1435749235
ISBN-13: 9781435749238
Publisher: Lulu.com
Language: English
Published: 07/26/2008
Pages: 198
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.01lbs
Size: 9.23h x 6.42w x 0.78d