> > > I dunno Ken - I always make 'An Introduction to Database Systems' by C.J. Date required reading for any new hire.
> > >
> > > If they can't answer my questions about the contents of the book, after some time, they aren't in my shop.
> > >
> > > Regards [Bill]
> >
> > Bill,
> >
> > I haven't actually read that book. Do you have an ISBN for me?
> >
> > Ken
> > You shall know the truth - and the truth shall set you free. (John 8:33)
>
> That was my bible in second year Uni back in 1989. It's up to the eighth edition so you can see that it is popular.
>
>
http://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Database-Systems-Eighth/dp/0321197844/sr=1-1/qid=1168650161/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-1341272-1810236?ie=UTF8&s=books>
> Cheers,
> Jamie
Jamie,
Thanks for the link. I am going to give my friend at Dalhousie University a call to see if she can find it at the library for me. At $110 CDN, it that is one very pricy book.
Ken
You shall know the truth - and the truth shall set you free. (John 8:33)