Reviews Book Description Relational Database Design Clearly Explained teaches database practitioners the principles of good relational database design. It discusses tradeoffs between theory and practice (i.e. when it's ok to violate a principle of good design in order to improve performance). The book also shows readers how to construct the SQL statements needed to install well-designed relational databases, and discusses other performance related database design issues, such as indexes and clustering.
Features: - Approaches relational database design with a balance of theory and practice; and the theory is targeted towards real-world practice - Presents an entity-relationship approach and a relational theory approach; explains how they are related and how they cross check each other to validate the design - Includes in-depth database design case studies
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