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Author
Publisher
O'Reilly Media
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 streaming video file (1 hr., 8 min., 50 sec.)) : digital, sound, color.
Language
English
Description
"The presentation is divided into four modules. Module I explains why the view update problem is important, shows how not to do it, and presents a general framework within which the problem can sensibly be addressed. Module II introduces certain fundamental principles, including The Assignment Principle, The Golden Rule, and The Principle of Interchangeability, and discusses the concept of information equivalence. Module III consists of a detailed...
Author
Publisher
Apress
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
Second edition.
Physical Desc
1 online resource : illustrations
Language
English
Description
Create database designs that scale, meet business requirements, and inherently work toward keeping your data structured and usable in the face of changing business models and software systems. This book is about database design theory. Design theory is the scientific foundation for database design, just as the relational model is the scientific foundation for database technology in general. Databases lie at the heart of so much of what we do in the...
Author
Publisher
O'Reilly Media
Pub. Date
©2012
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations
Language
English
Description
Views are virtual tables. That means they should be updatable, just as "real" or base tables are. In fact, view updatability isn't just desirable, it's crucial, for practical reasons as well as theoretical ones. But view updating has always been a controversial topic. Ever since the relational model first appeared, there has been widespread skepticism as to whether (in general) view updating is even possible. In stark contrast to this conventional...
Author
Series
Publisher
O'Reilly Media
Pub. Date
Ã2012
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xiii, 260 pages) : illustrations.
Language
English
Description
"What makes this book different from others on database design? Many resources on design practice do little to explain the underlying theory, and books on design theory are aimed primarily at theoreticians. In this book, renowned expert Chris Date bridges the gap by introducing design theory in ways practitioners can understand - drawing on lessons learned over four decades of experience to demonstrate why proper database design is so critical in...
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