Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ames!apple!arc!chet From: chet@arc.UUCP (Chet Wood) Newsgroups: comp.databases Subject: Re: Wanted-- database introductory book Message-ID: Date: 20 Sep 89 17:24:34 GMT References: <1583@ruuinf.cs.ruu.nl> <89262.133555UH2@PSUVM.BITNET> Sender: news@arc.UUCP Organization: Advansoft Research Corp, Santa Clara, CA Lines: 31 In-reply-to: UH2@PSUVM.BITNET's message of 19 Sep 89 17:35:55 GMT lee> On the topic of good intro books, be aware that there are at lee> least three distinct *types* of book. lee> 1. The Computer Science book (e.g. Ullman). [...] lee> 2. The Information Systems book. [...] lee> 3. Trade books. [...] I think I fall between the cracks here. My application for a database has nothing to do with information systems. The usual examples given in database book of a company database for "employee name, salary, etc." leave me wondering how to relate those examples to what we're trying to do. The data to be stored is hard to predict right now and its type and format will be determined by many interrelated applications. It could be that this is what's been referred to as a CAx system in this newsgroup. Where can I find out more about what these systems' requirements are and how they are being met? Thanks. -- 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