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Contents

Foreword

About the Author

About the Technical Reviewer

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter 1: The Fundamentals

Taking a Brief Jaunt Through History

Introducing Codd’s Rules for an RDBMS

Nodding at SQL Standards

Recognizing Relational Data Structures

Introducing Databases and Schemas

Understanding Tables, Rows, and Columns

Working with Missing Values (NULLs)

Defining Domains

Storing Metadata

Assigning Uniqueness Constraints (Keys)

Understanding Relationships

Working with Binary Relationships

Working with Nonbinary Relationships

Understanding Dependencies

Working with Functional Dependencies

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