RE: Data Modeling

Sorry, I haven't had a chance to take a look at it.

Probably a good idea to use generic models though, and the authors do know their stuff.

Jared

On Thu, 24 Aug 2000, Larry G. Elkins wrote:

> Jared,
>
> In addition to the David Hay book, do you, or any of the listers, have any
> thoughts on the following book?
>
> The Data Model Resource Book : A Library of Logical Data and Data Warehouse
> Designs
> by Len Silverston, Kent Graziano, William H. Inmon
>
> I've got some Kimball and some Inmon books addressing DW's; but, the book
> above sounded interesting. Most, but not all, of the reviewers at the Amazon
> site spoke favorably of the book.
>
> Regards,
>
> L. Elkins
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jared Still [mailto:jkstill_at_bcbso.com]
> Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2000 10:39 AM
> To: Burton, Laura L.
> Cc: 'oracledba_at_quickdoc.co.uk'
> Subject: Re: Data Modeling
>
>
>
> Laura,
>
> When data modeling, it is too early to talk about tables.
>
> Rather, you should be talking about entities and attributes.
>
> You don't really need an employee entity, as an employee is
> just a person, as is a witness.
>
> There are a number of good books on data modeling. A search
> on Amazon should find David Hay's excellent book, as well as
> others.
>
> Here's one simple possibility.
>
>
> --------------
> | |
> | ACCIDENT |
> | WITNESSES |
> | |
> --------------
> \|/ \|/
> | |
> | |
> | |
> | |
> ------------ ------------
> | | | |
> | ACCIDENT | | PERSON |
> | | | |
> | | | |
> ------------ ------------
>
>
>
> Jared
>
>

Jared Still
Certified Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist ;-) Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Oregon
jkstill_at_bcbso.com - Work - preferred address Received on Thu Aug 24 2000 - 18:55:24 CDT