Database Design Literature

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2003


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texte = On 5/12/03 9:43 PM, Alex McCombie wrote:On a similar thread... I have been look at a couple of books on Design models.I have 2 that I am mulling over and wondered if anyone has read them or had some other recommendations.The first is Modeling and Relational Databases: From Conceptual Analysis to Logical Design by Terry Halpin http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1558606726/ This seems like a good reference but he spends most of his time on Object-Role Modeling, which seems very powerful, yet I am not sure this will give me the design and normalization discussions I am looking for.The second is: Data Modeler's Workbench: Tools and Techniques for Analysis and Design by Steven Hoberman http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00006E220/ Again a lot of time spent on modeling, which is good. I am not sure if this book isn't more of a reference guide for particular data structuring based on business category though.Any chance that anyone here has dealt with either of these, or would care to point me to another. I don't mind spending the money on books, but I hate to dump money into a text that wont serve my needs. I tend to mull over the purchase far longer than I should ;-)Alex Alex J McCombie New World Media Chief Information Officer Drawer 607 888/892.6379 Fair Haven, NY 13064 Alex@NewWorldMedia.com http://OurClients.comInterface Designer WebDNA Programmer Database Designer------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
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On 5/12/03 9:43 PM, Alex McCombie wrote:On a similar thread... I have been look at a couple of books on Design models.I have 2 that I am mulling over and wondered if anyone has read them or had some other recommendations.The first is Modeling and Relational Databases: From Conceptual Analysis to Logical Design by Terry Halpin http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1558606726/ This seems like a good reference but he spends most of his time on Object-Role Modeling, which seems very powerful, yet I am not sure this will give me the design and normalization discussions I am looking for.The second is: Data Modeler's Workbench: Tools and Techniques for Analysis and Design by Steven Hoberman http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00006E220/ Again a lot of time spent on modeling, which is good. I am not sure if this book isn't more of a reference guide for particular data structuring based on business category though.Any chance that anyone here has dealt with either of these, or would care to point me to another. I don't mind spending the money on books, but I hate to dump money into a text that wont serve my needs. I tend to mull over the purchase far longer than I should ;-)Alex Alex J McCombie New World Media Chief Information Officer Drawer 607 888/892.6379 Fair Haven, NY 13064 Alex@NewWorldMedia.com http://OurClients.comInterface Designer WebDNA Programmer Database Designer------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Alex McCombie

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