dave@lsuc.UUCP (David Sherman) (03/21/85)
I am planning the automation of a number of administrative
functions for the Law Society, including Bar Admission Course
student records and course registrations. I have never put
together a database before.
I will definitely be using one of the standard relational database
packages (Mistress, Informix, Unify, Ingres, etc.). I have
access to various reviews, both from the net and published,
so I'm not looking for any more information on which one to get.
Question: should I be doing any general reading on database management
before starting implementation? I will of course read the manual
for the particular DBMS thoroughly, so I'll know what it can do,
and I have plenty of experience (9 years) in UNIX and C. I also
know exactly what I'm trying to get the system to do, and I'll
have vendor technical support if I have questions about how
to get the DBMS to do what I want. I do know the very basics
about a database system, like what records and fields are.
Given the above, if you think that background reading in DBMS
would be useful, I'd appreciate any recommendations of titles.
Dave Sherman
The Law Society of Upper Canada
Toronto
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