Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mcsun!hp4nl!ruuinf!piet From: piet@cs.ruu.nl (Piet van Oostrum) Newsgroups: comp.databases Subject: Re: Wanted-- database introductory book Message-ID: <1583@ruuinf.cs.ruu.nl> Date: 19 Sep 89 11:12:43 GMT References: Sender: news@ruuinf.cs.ruu.nl Reply-To: piet@cs.ruu.nl (Piet van Oostrum) Organization: Dept of Computer Science, University of Utrecht, Holland Lines: 23 In-reply-to: chet@arc.UUCP (Chet Wood) In article , chet@arc (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. ` `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. ` There is a new book by Elmasri & Navathe published by Addison-Wesley. Its starts from an Entity-Relationship approach. They promised me a complimentary copy, but I haven't seen it yet. The table of contents looked very promising. -- Piet van Oostrum, Dept of Computer Science, University of Utrecht Padualaan 14, P.O. Box 80.089, 3508 TB Utrecht, The Netherlands. Telephone: +31-30-531806 Internet: piet@cs.ruu.nl Telefax: +31-30-513791 Uucp: uunet!mcvax!hp4nl!ruuinf!piet