Relational databases

Database Design for Mere Mortals(R): A Hands-On Guide to Relational Database Design (2nd Edition)
by Michael J. Hernandez
Average Customer Review: based on 126 reviews.
Customer Review: This book was just the text I was looking for as a n00b data base designer looking to build a data base for a pet project of mine. I'm a forester and forest planner, not a computer specialist. Thus, I needed instruction from the ground up, and this book fit the bill. Some specific praise: First, the book bridged the gap between adm...

Information Modeling and Relational Databases, Second Edition (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Data Management Systems)
by Terry Halpin, Tony Morgan
Average Customer Review: based on 6 reviews.
Customer Review: Everyone needs this book. Read more to find out why: If you intend to create genuinely useful business applications without first creating an accurate conceptual data model and deriving the database schema from the model, then I hope your projects have very large budgets and flexible deadlines, because you'll need both. Accurate conc...

Relational Database Design and Implementation, Third Edition: Clearly Explained 3e (Morgan Kaufmann Series in Data Management Systems)
by Jan L. Harrington
Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann
Publication Date: July 2009

Schaum's Outline of Fundamentals of Relational Databases
by Ramon Mata-Toledo, Pauline Cushman
Average Customer Review: based on 4 reviews.
Customer Review: This book is ideal for those of us who need to refresh knowledge and skills of relational databases that may have been unused for a few years, or for people who need to understand relational database concepts in a hurry. It starts with concepts that are essential to understanding relational databases, then introduces you to SQL. If y...

Database in Depth: Relational Theory for Practitioners
by C.J. Date
Average Customer Review: based on 22 reviews.
Customer Review: C.J. Date is the expert on relational databases. This is a great book I use it in my Systems Analysis and Design Class.

Relational Database Index Design and the Optimizers
by Tapio Lahdenmaki, Mike Leach
Average Customer Review: based on 5 reviews.
Customer Review: This is an exceptional book on how indexes work in a generic relational database. The authors only pay attention to the principles, not to any particular vendor and this is seldom seen. The book takes a very pragmatic approach to speeding up SQL SELECTs, it's all about making SELECTs fast. One more thing to notice about this book is ...

Databases, Types and the Relational Model (3rd Edition)
by C. J. Date, Hugh Darwen
Average Customer Review: based on 2 reviews.
Customer Review: In this 3rd edition of The Third Manifesto, the authors have, in their own words, stripped the 'polemics'and added exercises to facilitate tuition. This is a further refinement and expansion of their blueprint for a truly relational Database Management System (DBMS). It is fair to say that they are not influenced in the slightest by ...

Handbook of Relational Database Design
by Candace C. Fleming, Barbara von Halle
Average Customer Review: based on 14 reviews.
Customer Review: This is the best intro RDBMS book out there. It explains everything you need to know to design a database. It isn't vendor documentation and isn't trying to be. There are some areas that would benefit from a second edition but nothing in it is patently "wrong" or "out-dated."

Information Modeling and Relational Databases: From Conceptual Analysis to Logical Design (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Data Management Systems)
by Terry Halpin
Average Customer Review: based on 10 reviews.
Customer Review: I am currently a student of Dr. Halpin at Northface University in Utah. After our first course on modeling in ORM directly from Dr. Halpin I am psyched about the future of DB modeling using ORM. This book along with "Database Modeling with Microsoft Visio for Enterprise Architects" serves as our core course books. Read this book and...

Designing Relational Database Systems (Dv-Mps Designing)
by Rebecca M. Riordan
Average Customer Review: based on 15 reviews.
Customer Review: I think that every application that I've been involved with has had a database behind it. I know that this is not always the case for other developers, but I think that in fact, most applications will need to store and retrieve information. My feeling is that there are a lot of application developers out there that would find the su...