[postgis-users] Database design book recommendations for the person who asked

[Chris Hermansen]

I thought about that Martin but it was Postgres before it was
PostgreSQL, so I went for PostgresD.

I also thought maybe I should follow the Ingres -> Postgres template but
that would leave us with PostgreSQLD and that I think would not be A
Good Thing.

Martin Davis wrote:
> Or would that be PostgreD ?  :-)
>
> Chris Hermansen wrote:
>> I care what Christ Date thinks.
>>
>> I'm just waiting for someone to implement PostgresD :-)
>>
>> and of course PostGISD on top of it :-) :-)
>>
>> dnrg wrote:
>>  
>>> I highly recommend these as gentle, clear
>>> introductions to relational database design:
>>>
>>> * Databases Demystified by Andy Oppel
>>> * Beginning Database Design: From Novice to
>>> Professional by Clare Churcher
>>>
>>> Read them both. They're the best I've found for basic
>>> concepts and not inscrutably technical. Seems most
>>> books in the field are either dull as a phone
>>> directory or insultingly shallow, written for a
>>> cognitively challenged audience.
>>>
>>> If one book is deficient with a particular concept,
>>> check the other for an alternate explanation.
>>>
>>> The 2nd, although it has a generic-sounding title (and
>>> there are some real stinkers under a similar moniker),
>>> is a recent offering from APress books (2007 1st ed).
>>> Invaluable for someone getting started.
>>>
>>> Granted, these books are for non-spatial relational
>>> database design.
>>>
>>> Anything by Chris Date is good, but not for beginners.
>>> Not sure anyone here cares what Chris Date has to say.
>>> I was introduced to Chris Date and Fabian Pascal by an
>>> ESRI ArcSDE developer in Redlands. So someone out
>>> there cares about the RM.
>>>
>>> Thanks to all for the recommendations on PostGIS +
>>> Google Maps API. Good stuff.
>>>
>>> Good luck. Hope this helps.
>>>
>>> Dana
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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