Book description
Sound design can save you hours of development time before you write a single line of code. Based on the author's years of experience teaching this material, Database Design for Mere Mortals is a straightforward, platform-independent tutorial on the basic principles of relational database design.
Database design expert Michael J. Hernandez introduces the core
concepts of design theory and method without the technical jargon.
Database Design for Mere Mortals will provide any developer
with a common-sense design methodology for developing databases
that work.
0201694719B04062001
Table of contents
- Copyright
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Preface
- About the Author
- Foreword
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Who Should Read This Book
- The Purpose of This Book
- How to Read This Book
- How This Book Is Organized
- Part One: Relational Database Design
- Part Two: The Design Process
- Part Three: Other Database Design Issues
- IMPORTANT: READ THIS SECTION!
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I. Relational Database Design
- 1. What Is a Relational Database?
- 2. Design Objectives
- 3. Terminology
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II. The Design Process
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4. Conceptual Overview
- The Importance of Completing the Design Process
- Defining a Mission Statement and Mission Objectives
- Analyzing the Current Database
- Creating the Data Structures
- Determining and Establishing Table Relationships
- Determining and Defining Business Rules
- Determining and Establishing Views
- Reviewing Data Integrity
- Summary
- 5. Starting the Process
- 6. Analyzing the Current Database
- 7. Establishing Table Structures
- 8. Keys
- 9. Field Specifications
- 10. Table Relationships
- 11. Business Rules
- 12. Views
- 13. Reviewing Data Integrity
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4. Conceptual Overview
- III. Other Database Design Issues
Product information
- Title: Database Design for Mere Mortals
- Author(s):
- Release date: December 1996
- Publisher(s): Addison-Wesley Professional
- ISBN: 9780201694710
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