Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wuarchive!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!ginosko!uunet!kddlab!titcca!kogwy!cs.keio!cs-relay!minohara From: minohara@mt.cs.keio.junet (Tatsuo Minohara) Newsgroups: comp.databases Subject: Re: Wanted-- database introductory book Message-ID: Date: 18 Sep 89 12:03:48 GMT References: Sender: news@cs.keio.ac.jp Organization: Tokoro lab., Keio Univ., Hiyoshi, Yokohama, Japan. Lines: 26 In-reply-to: chet@arc.UUCP's message of 14 Sep 89 22:22:10 GMT In article chet@arc.UUCP (Chet Wood) writes: >>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. I recommend the following books. title = "Principles of Database and Knowledge Base Systems Vol.1", author = "Ullman, J.D.", publisher = "Computer Science Press", year = 1988 title = "An Introduction to Database Systems 4th Edition Vol.1,Vol.2", author = "Date, C.J.", publisher = "Addison-Wesley", year = 1986 I suppose the Vol.2 of the 4th Edition is not available yet. Tatsuo Minohara Keio University, Japan. minohara@mt.cs.keio.ac.jp A Far Eastern Mac User.