Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ukma!husc6!amcad!stech!sysop From: sysop@stech.UUCP (Jan Harrington) Newsgroups: comp.databases Subject: Re: E.F. Codd and the Relational Model Message-ID: <686@stech.UUCP> Date: 27 Nov 88 12:17:20 GMT References: <15212@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu> Organization: Scholastech, Inc., Waltham, Mass. Lines: 37 in article <15212@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu>, bkliewer@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu (Bradley Dyck Kliewer) says: > > > I read that Codd was supposed to publish a new book on the relational > model this Fall, but I can't find anything in Books in Print or > Forthcoming Books in Print. Does anybody know what the status is? > The book is actually listed in Addison-Wesley's catalog. However, when I called to try to order a copy, they told me that it would not be available until June. > Also, I've seen a very short description of Codd's 12 rules, but there > are a couple which I'm not quite clear on. The article references > Computer World, but gives no issue data. Can anybody give me an issue #, or another book title which gives a thorough (and accurate) description? The two articles appeared in the October 14 and 21, 1985, issues of Computerworld. You will also find a complete description of them in my book, Relational Database Management for Microcomputers: Design and Implementation (Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1988). If you can lay your hands on a copy, see Chapter 6. > > Also, Is Codd on the net? > Not that I'm aware of. Jan Harrington, sysop Scholastech Telecommunications UUCP: husc6!amcad!stech!sysop or allegra!stech!sysop BITNET: JHARRY@BENTLEY ******************************************************************************** Miscellaneous profundity: "No matter where you go, there you are." Buckaroo Banzai ********************************************************************************