kingt@ux.acs.umn.edu (Kingt) (05/29/91)
Here is a summary of the responses to my request for SQL, Oracle and Ingres book recommendations. SQL --- The SQL recommendations strongly favored _The Practical SQL Handbook: Using Structured Query Language_ by Sandra L. Emerson, Marcy Darnovsky, and Judith S. Bowman (ISBN: 0-201-51728-8) One person recommended _SQL and its Applications_ by Raymond Lorie and Jean-Jacques Daudenard Paul Lloyd pointed out that there are some CBT and video-based SQL courses which might be worth checking out. He also mentioned that DBMS magazine is running a "quite lucid" tutorial series on SQL. Oracle ------ _ORACLE: A Database Developer's Guide_ by Ulka Rodgers _ORACLE: The Complete Reference_ by George Koch _ORACLE: Building High Performance Online Systems_ by W. H. Immon _Mastering ORACLE_ The Rodgers book was recommended by two different people. All the others were mentioned once each. No author was given for _Mastering ORACLE_. According to Bess Protacio, the Rodgers and Koch books are highly recommended by the New York Oracle Users Group. Ingres ------ I received two Ingres book recommendations: "Chris Date's book on Ingres," and _Ingres, Tools for Building an Information Architecture_ by Carl Malamud and Van Nostrand Reinhold For what it's worth, I purchased the Lorie and Daudenard SQL book and find it to be quite good. They provide a basic introduction to database design (including an overview of 1NF, 2NF, ...) and generic SQL with exercises. As soon as I can find it (and can afford it), I intend to buy the Emerson, Darnovsky and Bowman book as well. I'd like to thank all those who took the time to answer my query. I am graduating from the University of Minnesota this week, and then I start my job with the "Relational Technologies" group of a small consulting firm (working primarily with Ingres, Oracle and SQL). Hopefully those book are going to help me bone up on my knowledge; it's been a long time since I took my last Database Systems course :-) In any case, I am looking forward to it. The responses came from: lstowell@pyrnova.pyramid.com (Lon Stowell) bess@pinet.aip.org (Bess Protacio) mmc@sybase.com (Matthew McClure) tiger@sybase.com (tiger whittemore) cpl@resmel.bhp.com.au (Paul Lloyd) and another person whose message I accidentally deleted before I got a chance to read it. Thanks! Tim King kingt@ux.acs.umn.edu