[Gllug] Introductions to Databases

[John Levin]

Bruce Richardson wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 11:38:27AM +0100, John wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I need - and want - to learn about databases, and am looking for a 
>> decent introductory text about them.
> 
> "MySQL, meet John.  John, meet MySQL.  You're going to learn to hate
> every line of its code before you're finished and then you'll find out
> that every other DB out there sucks just as badly in its own special
> way."
> 


*splutter* I'm sure it will be a little more fun than that!

Thanks to everyone who has replied; am now following up the leads and 
taking the advice.

Incidentally, an intro to relational databases, written for humanities 
academics and that I found very clear and useful, is chapter 15 of
http://www.digitalhumanities.org/companion/

Thanks for all your help,

John

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