Database Design for Mere Mortals: 25th Anniversary Edition Contributor(s): Hernandez, Michael J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0136788041 ISBN-13: 9780136788041 Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional OUR PRICE: $49.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2020 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Computers | Databases - General |
Physical Information: 1.3" H x 7.3" W x 9.1" (2.24 lbs) 640 pages |
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Publisher Description: The #1 Easy, Commonsense Guide to Database Design--Now Updated Foreword by Michelle Poolet, Mount Vernon Data Systems LLC Database Design for Mere Mortals has earned worldwide respect as the simplest way to learn relational database design. Now, this hands-on, software independent tutorial is even clearer and easier to use. Step by step, this new 25th Anniversary Edition shows you how to design modern databases that are soundly structured, reliable, and flexible, even in the latest online applications. Michael Hernandez guides you through everything from planning to defining tables, fields, keys, table relationships, business rules, and views. You will learn practical ways to improve data integrity, how to avoid common mistakes, and when to break the rules. Updated review questions and figures help you learn these techniques more easily and effectively.
Whatever relational database systems you use, Hernandez will help you design databases that are robust and trustworthy. Never designed a database before? Settling for inadequate generic designs? Running existing databases that need improvement? Start here. |