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Title: The Database Relational Model: A Retrospective Review and Analysis : A Historical Account and Assessment of E. F. Codd's Contribution to the Field of Database Technology by C. J. Date ISBN: 0-201-61294-1 Publisher: Addison Wesley Longman Pub. Date: 01 May, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $10.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.8 (5 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Pretty darned cool
Comment: This isn't my favorite Date book by any means, but it does go into the finer details or Codd's work and it does so at a level that really does Codd's work justice.
If you aren't really into Codd's work, and you are trying to find an intro to DB Theory, this definitely isn't for you. However, if you are looking for a great theoretical analysis of one of the greatest mind's in Computer Science, this is a great book.
Rating: 2
Summary: Doesn't Live Up To Subtitle
Comment: This book is a thinly veiled critique, rather than review, of Codd's seminal works. In place of direct quotes from Codd, we are left with Date's paraphrasing. Of the 61 bibliographic references given, 27 are to Date's own work and 2 are to pieces that he published jointly.
The book wastes a good amount of text on introspective commentary of the form: now I'm going to discuss... so I have discussed... as I previously discussed. This style might be understandable in the magazine articles from which the text was derived, as a means of maintaining continuity between issues. It is glaringly unnecessary in a short book of 139 pages. I expected a more comprehensive effort at re-editing those articles when published in book form.
There are several places where Date explicitly states the places where he has omitted related details. He also mentions great examples from Codd without including them. I would rather that he omitted the introspective commentary and instead supplied those details and Codd's examples.
That said, an analytical reader should be able to deconstruct a reasonable 'retrospective review and analysis' of Codd's inventions from this book, but should know at the start that the author's seemingly self-promotion coupled with a unnecessarily introspective style might slow that effort.
Rating: 5
Summary: Relational Data Model Genesis !!!
Comment: This book explains the relational database model origins. The language is highly technical. If you want to know te basis of relational data model, don't try this book, 'cause it suposes you have enough experience about databases. I use this book in my database courses, 'cause topics as normalization are covered in this publication.
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Title: An Introduction to Database Systems, Eighth Edition by C. J. Date, C.J. Date ISBN: 0321197844 Publisher: Addison Wesley Publishing Company Pub. Date: 22 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $101.00 |
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Title: An Introduction to Database Systems (Introduction to Database Systems, 7th Ed) by C. J. Date ISBN: 0201385902 Publisher: Addison Wesley Longman Pub. Date: 01 October, 1999 List Price(USD): $95.00 |
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Title: Foundation for Future Database Systems: The Third Manifesto (2nd Edition) by C. J. Date, Hugh Darwen ISBN: 0201709287 Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional Pub. Date: 2000 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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Title: Foundation for Object / Relational Databases: The Third Manifesto by C. J. Date, Hugh Darwen ISBN: 0201309785 Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional Pub. Date: 01 June, 1998 List Price(USD): $44.95 |
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Title: Practical Issues in Database Management: A Reference for the Thinking Practitioner by Fabian Pascal ISBN: 0201485559 Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional Pub. Date: 23 May, 2000 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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