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Date's books, especially his Relational Database Writings books (there are
four or five of them) are very readable to me. His textbook is more
difficult, but look at one of his Writings books. They are excellent. In my
opinion, his logic is nearly flawless. I also have Codd's book and I like
Date's way of thinking a lot more. Joe Celko has some books out as well. I
read the other day that he "built his career on opposing Date". I've read
his books as well but, like I said, I persoanlly lean toward Date's way of
thinking on relational databases (nulls, etc.)
-----Original Message-----
From: ryan.gaffuri_at_cox.net [mailto:ryan.gaffuri_at_cox.net]
Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2004 12:56 PM
To: oracle-l_at_freelists.org; 'oracle-l_at_freelists.org'
Subject: Re: Useful Oracle books
How readable is CJ Date for someone without a strong math background? I took a couple of university database classes last year and we touched on some relational algebra and relational calculus..., but not extensively.
Is his stuff better than EF Codd's? What are the most readable relational theory books? I can't make it through a book full of formal theory and proofs.
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