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From: srini@ultra.com (S. Srinivasan)
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Re: Ingres
Message-ID: <1990Nov12.230253.319@ultra.com>
Date: 12 Nov 90 23:02:53 GMT
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In comp.databases you write:


>    Can anyone recommend a few good books for learning INGRES?  I've done 

Two books, both written by C.J. Date:

1. Introduction to Database Systems, Vol. I.  Computer Science Press.
	The best book I have seen on Relational Databases.  

	After Ullman's book(with the DBA/Chef on the front cover),
	I still had a lingering feeling that DBMS was dry as beef jerky.

	Then David Maier's "Theory of Relational Databases" came along, and
	I got religion. But it is slightly esoteric for the lay person.

	And then I went through all of Date's book these last few months, and
	it was like seeing things I had never seen before.  I am in awe of the
	man and no longer in awe of the subject!  His focus is somewhat on
	the peculiarities of DB2, but he does spend a few chapters on INGRES.

2. A Guide to Ingres
	The name says it all.  Not as inspiring as the first one, but it does
	cover INGRES thoroughly - better than the manuals!


Hope you can find them, if you cant, then email me
and I can get you some more info.

S. Srinivasan
[srini@ultra.com]
Ultra Network Technologies
San Jose, California
"Home of the Gigabit Network"