Database Design for Mere Mortals™: A Hands-On Guide to Relational Database Design, Second Edition

Table of Contents

Praise for Database Design for Mere Mortals™, Second Edition

Praise for the First Edition

Addison-Wesley presents the For Mere Mortals® Series

About the Author

Foreword

From the First Edition . . .

Preface (Second Edition)

Acknowledgments

Preface (First Edition)

Acknowledgments

Introduction

What's New in the Second Edition

Who Should Read This Book

The Purpose of This Book

How to Read This Book

How This Book Is Organized

I: Relational Database Design

II: The Design Process

III: Other Database-Design Issues

IV: Appendixes

A Word About the Examples and Techniques in This Book

A New Approach to Learning

I. Relational Database Design

1. The Relational Database

Topics Covered in This Chapter

Types ...