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Beginning Database Design: From Novice to Professional | 
 enlarge | Manufacturer: Apress
Category: EBooks
List Price: $34.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 14032
Format: Kindle Book
Media: Kindle Edition
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 300
Dewey Decimal Number: 005.74
ASIN: B0015R3QIA
Publication Date: January 15, 2007
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Product Description
Beginning Database Design: From Novice to Professional provides short, easy-to-read explanations of how to get database design right the first time. This book offers numerous examples to help you avoid the many pitfalls that entrap new and not-so-new database designers. Through the help of use cases and class diagrams modeled in the UML, youll learn how to discover and represent the details and scope of the problem in question. Database design is not an exact science, and solid database design principles and examples help demonstrate the consequences of simplifications and pragmatic decisions. The rationale is to try to keep it simple, but allow room for development as situations change or resources permit. The book also features an introduction for implementing the final design in a relational database.
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 Just what a beginner in database design needs. September 5, 2008
Clare Churcher is an excellent teacher! She can explain difficult things in a clear and concise way. This is e.g. the first book who explains table joins to me without getting a hazy feel in the head. Nice to have this book as a first introduction. For digging a little bit deeper in the subject I would reccommend Beginning Database Design (Wrox Beginning Guides) wich I also bought.
 Disappointing May 2, 2008
0 out of 6 found this review helpful
I am about 1/2 way through this book and all the things that I thought I would get out of it, I haven't. It is a fast read, but it is lacking in content.
Great fundamentals. March 10, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This book is excellent for someone who is trying to get into learning databases. I like using a different form of ERD than mentioned in this book, but I couldn't find any errors with this book. I found this comforting since many database books use the author's interpretations of database design, rather than generally accepted practices. Awesome educational book!
Great for the nuts and bolts of DB design December 12, 2007
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
The more I get into database design, the more I keep coming back to this book, as well as Database Design Demysified. The two books are oriented toward small to medium databases, and that's the best way to learn the fundamentals. In my work for the government, I've only seen one or two decently designed databases. The true examples in the book of databases gone wrong are amazing and oh so common. Some much needed humor enlivens a dry subject in both books, and neither throws a lot of jargon at you. Database Modeling and Design (T Teorey) could never teach me how to design a good database! It just never gets down to the nitty gritty details of what works and what doesn't, and why. The two good books are complementary- I reccommend you get them both. Good Luck!
Solid foundation for DB design November 27, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This book delivers what it promises. It give a object oriented approach to designing databases. The basic topics and design methodology are addressed. I have become a better programer having read this book
Using several examples of data modeling (plants, argiculture testing, personal management) it tracks the process from use cases and data collection to modeling the information with UML, and presenting this informaotion in a useable format. She touches on a number of common issues, such as a 'fan trap', key generation and data types that need to be addressed early in a project.
The style is light and fast paced. The impact of different techniques are illustated in a concise manner with sufficent detail to be understandable and not overwhelming. I see it as a good basic introduction, and will use it as a foundation for more in depth study.
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