Database Design for Mere Mortals: A Hands-on Guide to Relational Database Design

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  • Author : Michael J. Hernandez
  • Binding : Paperback
  • EAN : 9780201752847
  • Edition : 2
  • ISBN : 0201752840
  • Is Eligible For Trade In? : Yes
  • Label : Addison Wesley
  • Languages : Original Language: English, Published: English
  • Manufacturer : Addison Wesley
  • Number Of Items : 1
  • Number Of Pages : 611
  • Package Dimensions : 1.30 inches (Height) x 9.00 inches (Length) x 2.25 pounds (Weight) x 7.30 inches (Width)
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  • Product Group : Book
  • Publication Date : 2003-03-03
  • Publisher : Addison Wesley
  • SKU : I9780201752847
  • Studio : Addison Wesley
  • UPC : 785342752847

A platform-independent tutorial on the basic principles of relational database design, this book helps you create efficient and effective relational databases. This edition features a CD-ROM that includes diagrams of sample databases, as well as design guidelines, documentation forms, and examples of the database design process.

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Database Design for Mere Mortals: A Hands-on Guide to Relational Database Design, Second Edition lets us know from the off that programmers and software architects don't really make a conscious decision to design an application (particularly one with online exposure) around the three-tier model-view-controller design pattern anymore. Three-tier, largely because of its adaptability and stability, is the norm. All of which means you need a database to underpin each of your applications. Designing your databases correctly can make the difference between slow-running, complicated code and software that's speedy, modular and easy to work with. Database Design for Mere Mortals prepares someone with only a passing familiarity with databases for the important job of building the persistence layer (also called the data model) for software.Michael Hernandez explains database design in tradesman's terms. That is, he shows his readers how to identify the business problems that have to be satisfied by a database, then proceeds to explain how to build a solid solution to them. Hernandez's approach combines procedural guidelines (first identify critical facts, then apply a certain logic to yield tables, then establish cross-references, and so on) with practical definitions that clear up much of the rich trove of jargon surrounding databases. He walks through numerous examples, and doesn't shy away from the complexities that always exist in real customers' requirements. If you're not familiar with database design, and want to be, this is the book you need. Topics covered: how to design databases that fit business requirements and make software construction easier. In addition to explaining relational database concepts, the author explains data integrity, null values, keys, table relationships (one-to-one, one-to-many, and many-to-many) and data types. He emphasises processes designers should follow in building a new database or improving an existing one. --David Wall, Amazon.com

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