Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wuarchive!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!apple!arc!chet From: chet@arc.UUCP (Chet Wood) Newsgroups: comp.databases Subject: Wanted-- database introductory book Message-ID: Date: 14 Sep 89 22:22:10 GMT Sender: news@arc.UUCP Organization: Advansoft Research Corp, Santa Clara, CA Lines: 24 Can anyone recommend a basic text on databases that presents things from a general point of view (not too heavily slanted towards MIS applications?) I'd like to know what the basic characteristics of non-relational, relational, object-oriented, etc. are, and what types of applications they're best suited for. So far I've been through the tutorials in Oracle's SQL*Plus Users Guide. So now I sort-of know how to program in SQL. But I need to step back and get a more architectural view of how to set things up. I've heard of something called an Entity-Relationship diagram, so I'd like a reference that gives more background on things like that. Thanks, Chet. -- Chet Wood ~ (408)727-3357 arc!chet@apple.COM . Advansoft Research Corporation chet@arc.UUCP . 4301 Great America Parkway apple!arc!chet . Santa Clara, CA 95054, USA