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02-29-2008, 08:09 PM
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 suggestions for books I would be teaching an applied database course to buisness major undergrads. I'm looking for a book that introduces database concepts using SQLServer as the database. I would really appreciate if you could recommend me a few such books. Thanks Nemo      |
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02-29-2008, 08:09 PM
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| Re: suggestions for books nemo wrote: > I would be teaching an applied database course to buisness major > undergrads. I'm looking for a book that introduces database concepts > using SQLServer as the database. I would really appreciate if you could > recommend me a few such books. > > Thanks > Nemo I would not recommend any book or course that used SQL Server to introduce database concepts. Take a look at "Introduction to Database Systems" by C.J.Date. "Database In Depth" by the same author is a shorter summary but it does assume some prior knowledge. Begin with SQL Server AFTER learning the concepts. -- David Portas, SQL Server MVP Whenever possible please post enough code to reproduce your problem. Including CREATE TABLE and INSERT statements usually helps. State what version of SQL Server you are using and specify the content of any error messages. SQL Server Books Online: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/library/m...S,SQL.90).aspx -- |
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02-29-2008, 08:10 PM
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| Re: suggestions for books David Portas wrote: > nemo wrote: > > I would be teaching an applied database course to buisness major > > undergrads. I'm looking for a book that introduces database concepts > > using SQLServer as the database. I would really appreciate if you could > > recommend me a few such books. > > > > Thanks > > Nemo > > I would not recommend any book or course that used SQL Server to > introduce database concepts. Take a look at "Introduction to Database > Systems" by C.J.Date. "Database In Depth" by the same author is a > shorter summary but it does assume some prior knowledge. > > Begin with SQL Server AFTER learning the concepts. > > -- > David Portas, SQL Server MVP > > Whenever possible please post enough code to reproduce your problem. > Including CREATE TABLE and INSERT statements usually helps. > State what version of SQL Server you are using and specify the content > of any error messages. > > SQL Server Books Online: > http://msdn2.microsoft.com/library/m...S,SQL.90).aspx > -- Thanks David. I guess what I'm looking for is a book on database concepts that has samples or exercises tailored for SQL Server. I've seen many such books written with MS Access in mind. thanks Nemo |
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02-29-2008, 08:10 PM
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| Re: suggestions for books nemo wrote: > > Thanks David. I guess what I'm looking for is a book on database > concepts that has samples or exercises tailored for SQL Server. That would be a SQL concepts course then, not a database concepts course. SQL Server is only one example of a database system. Anyway my recommendation stands. If you want concepts get a concepts book rather than a product tutorial. > I've seen many such books written with MS Access in mind. It's true that there are plenty of bad books about. Teaching database concepts using Access would be rather like trying to teach English Literature using a Speak and Spell machine - you wouldn't have the apparatus. -- David Portas, SQL Server MVP Whenever possible please post enough code to reproduce your problem. Including CREATE TABLE and INSERT statements usually helps. State what version of SQL Server you are using and specify the content of any error messages. SQL Server Books Online: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/library/m...S,SQL.90).aspx -- |
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02-29-2008, 08:11 PM
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| Re: suggestions for books David Portas wrote: > nemo wrote: > > > > Thanks David. I guess what I'm looking for is a book on database > > concepts that has samples or exercises tailored for SQL Server. > > That would be a SQL concepts course then, not a database concepts > course. SQL Server is only one example of a database system. Anyway my > recommendation stands. If you want concepts get a concepts book rather > than a product tutorial. > > > I've seen many such books written with MS Access in mind. > > It's true that there are plenty of bad books about. Teaching database > concepts using Access would be rather like trying to teach English > Literature using a Speak and Spell machine - you wouldn't have the > apparatus. > > -- > David Portas, SQL Server MVP > > Whenever possible please post enough code to reproduce your problem. > Including CREATE TABLE and INSERT statements usually helps. > State what version of SQL Server you are using and specify the content > of any error messages. > > SQL Server Books Online: > http://msdn2.microsoft.com/library/m...S,SQL.90).aspx > -- Thanks David. Your points well taken. - Nemo. |
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