Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!ut-sally!ut-ngp!lad-shrike!monty From: monty@AUSTIN.LOCKHEED.COM (john montgomery) Newsgroups: comp.databases Subject: Re: intro to dbms needed Message-ID: <53@titmouse.AUSTIN.LOCKHEED.COM> Date: Wed, 2-Dec-87 19:35:53 EST Article-I.D.: titmouse.53 Posted: Wed Dec 2 19:35:53 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 6-Dec-87 07:36:27 EST References: <5635@bunny.UUCP> Organization: Lockheed Austin Div. Lines: 17 Keywords: books, survey articles Summary: Re: intro to dbms needed In article <5635@bunny.UUCP>, js07@bunny.UUCP (Jack Shaio) writes: > > I'd like to learn about DBMS, bu have not read anything on the > subject before; > Can anyone recommend a single book on the subject ? > I went through this same process about a year ago. The best book I found, (at least if you are interested in data analysis & database design) is D R Howe's "Data Analysis for Data Base Design," 1983, Edward Arnold Publishers, Ltd. A man named C J Date has also written several good books, especially on SQL based systems. John Montgomery