Applied Mathematics for Database Professionals

DeHaan, Lex; Koppelaars, Toon

ISBN 10: 1590597451 / ISBN 13: 9781590597453

Published by APress, 2007

About this Item

This book touches on an area seldom explored: the mathematical underpinnings of the relational database. It is the first book to explain the underlying math in a way that's accessible to database professionals. Num Pages: 407 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBW; UN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 258 x 187 x 28. Weight in Grams: 918. . 2007. Hardback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Applied Mathematics for Database Professionals
• Publisher: APress
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1590597451
• ISBN 13: 9781590597453
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Relational databases hold data, right? They do indeed, but to think of a database as nothing more than a container for data is to miss out on the profound power that underlies relational technology. A far more powerful way of thinking lies in relational technologys foundation in the mathematical disciplines of logic and set theory.

Databases contain truths or propositions describing some area of interest such as a business. Those truths are organized into sets. Operations from logic and set theory can be applied to existing sets of truths to derive new sets of truths. Applied Mathematics for Database Professionals introduces you to this way of thinking, to the logic and set theory that underlies relational database technology. All this may sound abstract now, but there are profound benefits from the deeper understanding youll gain from this book.

The math that you'll learn in this book will put you above the level of understanding of most database professionalstoday. You'll better understand the technology and be able to apply it more effectively. You'll avoid data anomalies like redundancy and inconsistency. Understanding whats in this book will take your mastery of relational technology to heights you may not have thought possible.

This book is reviewed and endorsed by C. J. Date and features a foreword by the same.

About the Author

Lex de Haan studied applied mathematics at the University of Technology in Delft, the Netherlands. His experience with Oracle goes back to the mid-1980s, version 4. He worked for Oracle Corporation from 1990 to 2004 in various education-related roles, ending up in Server Technologies (product development) as senior curriculum manager for the advanced database administration curriculum. In that role, he was involved in the development of Oracle9i and Oracle Database 10g. In March 2004, he decided to go independent and founded Natural Join B.V. (http://www.naturaljoin.nl). From 1999 until his passing in 2006, he was involved in the ISO SQL language standardization process, as a member of the Dutch national body. He was also one of the founding members of the OakTable network (http://www.oaktable.net).