Relational Theory for Computer Professionals: What Relational Databases Are Really All about - Softcover

Date, Chris J.; Date, C. J.

 
9781449369439: Relational Theory for Computer Professionals: What Relational Databases Are Really All about
Softcover
ISBN 10: 144936943X ISBN 13: 9781449369439
Publisher: O′Reilly, 2013

Synopsis

All of today’s mainstream database products support the SQL language, and relational theory is what SQL is supposed to be based on. But are those products truly relational? Sadly, the answer is no. This book shows you what a real relational product would be like, and how and why it would be so much better than what’s currently available.

With this unique book, you will:

Learn how to see database systems as programming systems Get a careful, precise, and detailed definition of the relational model Explore a detailed analysis of SQL from a relational point of view

There are literally hundreds of books on relational theory or the SQL language or both. But this one is different. First, nobody is more qualified than Chris Date to write such a book. He and Ted Codd, inventor of the relational model, were colleagues for many years, and Chris’s involvement with the technology goes back to the time of Codd’s first papers in 1969 and 1970. Second, most books try to use SQL as a vehicle for teaching relational theory, but this book deliberately takes the opposite approach. Its primary aim is to teach relational theory as such. Then it uses that theory as a vehicle for teaching SQL, showing in particular how that theory can help with the practical problem of using SQL correctly and productively.

Any computer professional who wants to understand what relational systems are all about can benefit from this book. No prior knowledge of databases is assumed.

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About the Author

C.J. Date has a stature that is unique within the database industry. C.J. is a prolific writer, and is well-known for his best-selling textbook: An Introduction to Database Systems (Addison Wesley). He lives in Healdsburg, CA.

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Publisher
O′Reilly
Publication date
2013
Language
English
ISBN 10 
144936943X
ISBN 13 
9781449369439
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
284