Customer Review: The online content is finally up, but that's still the stupid part about it. It comes with a sleave in the back to fit a CD, they should've just waited and released the content with the book. It's very annoying to have to log in and find this crap all the time. Another thing, as a student, I... more info
Customer Review: This text covers database theory and some SQL (two chapters or so).
I think it's generally good book as an intro to database systems.
It will not make you into DBA or programmer, but you'll feel better grip of database concepts you may encounter in other more 'practical' books (like DB... more info
Customer Review: This book is old, but I hate so much that I still want to put in my 2 cents worth. I had to buy this for a class. The book could be written more to the point. But many technical books are a little wordy. The real problem is type about size 8 or 9, san serif (making it harder to read on paper) AND it... more info