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Re: [LUG] Books on databases

 

On Thu, 25 Jun 2009, Martijn Grooten wrote:

> All,
>
> does anyone have any suggestions for books to read to understand how
> databases really work? I don't mean books that explain various MySQL
> or Oracle commands, but really books that explain the way databases
> (and things such as searches and indexes) really work. I have a
> background in maths, so it is not a problem if it is slightly
> theoretical.

Hm. Relational databases, key/data databases, b-tree, etc.

Although I suspect that's the first question that needs asking & 
answering!

This'll give you a start:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Databases

Gordon

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