View Review Details


Book:   Database in Depth
Subject:   OK. But not definitive.
Date:   2009-05-21 12:27:45
From:   jdruin
Rating:  StarStarStarStarStar

To be fair, when I started reading the book I was looking for a mathematical coverage of realtional algebra and other math that underlies all relational database models including Oracle and SQL Server. I was seeking the common priciples that unite these systems. The book does cover relational theory but I did not find it to be organized from the mathematical point of view. Rather than building database theory from the math, the book seemed to attempt to overlay modern databases on top of the algebra.

See larger cover