The #1 Easy, Commonsense Guide to Database Design―Now Updated
Foreword by Michelle Poolet, Mount Vernon Data Systems LLC
Database Design for Mere Mortals has earned worldwide respect as the simplest way to learn relational database design. Now, this hands-on, software independent tutorial is even clearer and easier to use.
Step by step, this new 25th Anniversary Edition shows you how to design modern databases that are soundly structured, reliable, and flexible, even in the latest online applications. Michael Hernandez guides you through everything from planning to defining tables, fields, keys, table relationships, business rules, and views. You will learn practical ways to improve data integrity, how to avoid common mistakes, and when to break the rules. Updated review questions and figures help you learn these techniques more easily and effectively.
Understand database types, models, and design terminology
Perform interviews to efficiently capture requirements―even if everyone works remotely
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