In an attempt to throw the authorities off his trail, xzilla@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Robert Treat) transmitted: > On Thursday 30 March 2006 03:03, Aaron Glenn wrote: >> Anyone care to share the great books, articles, manifestos, notes, >> leaflets, etc on data modelling they've come across? Ideally I'd like >> to find a great college level book on data models, but I haven't come >> across one that even slightly holds "definitive resource"-type status. > > I've heard that "Relational Database Design" (ISBN: 0123264251) is > good for college level introductory material, though the book I > generally recommend most is "Practical Issues in Database > Management" (ISBN: 0201485559) The one trouble with PIDM is somewhat like that of the discussion of SQL in the "Third Manifest" book, namely that it's a lot better at prescribing "Things Not To Do" than it is about how models *should* be constructed. With that caveat, it's on my desk :-). -- output = reverse("moc.liamg" "@" "enworbbc") http://linuxdatabases.info/info/spreadsheets.html Rules of the Evil Overlord #216. "If my Legions of Terror are defeated in a battle, I will quietly withdraw and regroup instead of launching a haphazard mission to assassinate the hero." <http://www.eviloverlord.com/>