PART B
The Relational Database Model
The next seven chapters will focus on the relational database model. As pointed out in chapter 1, there are other approaches to database design, but the relational model reigns supreme: it is superior to other traditional approaches; it remains a strong, viable alternative to or complement of (depending on your perspective) the more contemporary object-oriented model. Even if your choice is to construct an object database, a working knowledge of the relational model will still be required. For these and other reasons, mastery of the relational model is essential to good database administration and software ...
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