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Date on Database: Writings 2000 2006 captures some of the freshest thinking from widely known and respected relational database pioneer C. J. Date. Known for his tenacious defense of relational theory in its purest form, Date tackles many topics that are important to database professionals, including the difference between model and implementation, data integrity, data redundancy, deviations in SQL from the relational model, and much more.
Date clearly and patiently explains where many of todays products and practices go wrong, and illustrates some of the trouble you can get into if you don't carefully think through your use of current database technology. In almost every field of endeavor, the writings of the founders and early leaders have had a profound effect. And now is your chance to read Date while his material is fresh and the field is still young. You'll want to read this book because it:
- Provides C. J. Date's freshest thinking on relational theory versus current products in the field
- Features a tribute to E. F. Codd, founder of the relational database field
- Clearly explains how the unwary practitioner can avoid problems with current relational database technology
- Offers novel insights into classic issues like redundancy and database design
List of contents
Part I: Some Preliminaries:Edgar F. Codd: A Tribute and Personal Memoir.- An Interview with Chris Date.- Good Writing Does Matter.- Part II: And Now for Something Completely Different: On the Notion of Logical Difference.- On the Logical Difference Between Model an Implementation.- On the Logical Differences Between Types, Values, and Variables.- Part III: Relational Database Management: Why We Need Type Boolean.- What First Normal Form Really Means.- A Sweet Disorder.- Double Trouble, Double Trouble.- Multiple Assignment.- Data Redundancy and Database Design.- Data Redundancy and Database Design: Further Thoughts Number One.- Tree-Structured Data.- Twelve Rules for Business Rules.- Part IV: SQL Database Management: Two Remarks on SQL's UNION.- A Cure for Madness.- Why Three- and Four-Valued Logic Don't Work.- Part V: Further Relational Misconceptions: There's Only One Relational Model.- Great News, the Relational Model Is Very Much Alive!.- What Do You mean, "Post-Relational"?.- A Database Disconnect.- Part VI: Subtyping and Inheritance: Is a Circle an Ellipse?.- What Does Substitutability Really Mean?.- Part VII: Relational vs. Nonrelational Systems: Models, Models, Everywhere, Nor Any Time to Think.- Basic Concepts in UML: A Request for Clarification.- A Comparison between ODMG and The Third Manifesto.- An Overview and Analysis of Proposals Based on the TSQL2 Approach.- Appendix: The Role of the Trade press in Educating the Professional Community: A Case Study.
About the author
C. J. Date is an independent author, lecturer, researcher, and consultant, specializing in relational database technology, a field he helped pioneer. He is best known for his book, An Introduction to Database Systems (8th edition, 2004), which has sold over 750,000 copies and is used by several hundred colleges and universities worldwide. He is also author of many other books on relational database management, including Logic and Databases: The Roots of Relational Theory (2007). He was inducted into the Computing Industry Hall of Fame in 2004.
Summary
Date on Database: Writings 2000 2006 captures some of the freshest thinking from widely known and respected relational database pioneer C. J. Date. Known for his tenacious defense of relational theory in its purest form, Date tackles many topics that are important to database professionals, including the difference between model and implementation, data integrity, data redundancy, deviations in SQL from the relational model, and much more.
Date clearly and patiently explains where many of todays products and practices go wrong, and illustrates some of the trouble you can get into if you don't carefully think through your use of current database technology. In almost every field of endeavor, the writings of the founders and early leaders have had a profound effect. And now is your chance to read Date while his material is fresh and the field is still young. You'll want to read this book because it:
- Provides C. J. Date's freshest thinking on relational theory versus current products in the field
- Features a tribute to E. F. Codd, founder of the relational database field
- Clearly explains how the unwary practitioner can avoid problems with current relational database technology
- Offers novel insights into classic issues like redundancy and database design
