From: Mike OK Date: December 28 2009 5:02pm Subject: Re: Database fundamentals: wanna learn. List-Archive: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql/219948 Message-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I have two of Paul's books. They are both fantastic. Mike O'Krongli President and CTO Acorg Inc 519 432-1185 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Claudio Nanni" To: "Ken D'Ambrosio" Cc: "mysql" Sent: Monday, December 28, 2009 10:33 AM Subject: Re: Database fundamentals: wanna learn. > Hi Ken, > thanks for sharing! > > If you want to start from scratch, I would go for a book like this: > http://www.amazon.com/SQL-Complete-Reference-James-Groff/dp/0071592555/ref=dp_ob_title_bk > I did not 'read' it thru, but this is the one I would buy. > > If you want to embrace MySQL, in my opinion, the best book you can get is > MySQL 4th edition by Paul DuBois. > It's complete, even more, very readable, and it can be with you for a long > time. > > But if you need to grasp better the basic concepts go for a generik SQL > book(like the top one), then go with MySQL specific if you want, or > others. > > Cheers > > Claudio > > > > > 2009/12/28 Ken D'Ambrosio > >> Hey, all. I've been using databases clear back to xBase days; that being >> said, I've never had a solid foundation for relational databases. While >> I >> can muddle by in SQL, I really don't have a good understanding of exactly >> how keys are set up, the underpinnings of indexing, and, oh, lots of >> ground-level stuff. Call me a "user", and you'd be right -- an >> administrator of databases? Not so much. >> >> So, any suggestions -- books, courses, web sites, what-have-you -- that I >> should be hitting up so I can have a better grasp of what's going on >> behind the scenes? >> >> Thanks! >> >> -Ken >> >> >> -- >> This message has been scanned for viruses and >> dangerous content by MailScanner, and is >> believed to be clean. >> >> >> -- >> MySQL General Mailing List >> For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql >> To unsubscribe: >> http://lists.mysql.com/mysql?unsub=claudio.nanni@stripped >> >> > > > -- > Claudio >