Обсуждение: Looking for some advise on training materials
I want to get some folks some professional development work to do on the topic of databases (PostgreSQL-related, but I'm looking for some more general material on the subject of relational design, etc as well) Because the training budget is used up for this year, and I don't want to wait until January, I'm trying to find things that are inexpensive enough to get started on right away. To that end, does anyone have any recommendations? Something like a self-guided online course, or a book that's written specifically to be a self-study? -- Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com>
On Tue, Oct 08, 2013 at 02:01:18PM -0400, Bill Moran wrote: > > I want to get some folks some professional development work to do on > the topic of databases (PostgreSQL-related, but I'm looking for > some more general material on the subject of relational design, etc as > well) > > To that end, does anyone have any recommendations? Something like a > self-guided online course, or a book that's written specifically to be > a self-study? Hugh Darwen's excellent "An Introduction to Relational Database Theory" is available for free (it has ads in it). http://bookboon.com/en/an-introduction-to-relational-database-theory-ebook I see he's also written some companion materials that go with that book, including exercises, though I haven't read those. http://www.free-ebooks.net/profile/15521/Hugh-Darwen -- Adam Mackler
> Because the training budget is used up for this year, and I don't want > to wait until January, I'm trying to find things that are inexpensive > enough to get started on right away. I'm looking forward to others' suggestions which will surely be better, but I originally learned the basics of data normalization and SQL from _Oracle 8: The Complete Reference_. Chapters 1-3 are a very practical and easy-to-follow introduction, and are hardly Oracle-specific at all. That's about 80 pages total. I'm sure there are excellent on-line resources as well, but this worked for me and made it very easy to pick up. Good luck! Paul -- _________________________________ Pulchritudo splendor veritatis.