This work teaches database practitioners the principles of good relational database design. It discusses tradeoffs between theory and practice, for example when it's alright 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.
- ISBN10 0123254256
- ISBN13 9780123254252
- Publish Date 1 August 1998
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 9 March 2011
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Academic Press
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 350
- Language English