SQL Queries for Mere Mortals: A Hands-On Guide to Data Manipulation in SQL, Second Edition

Is That All?

By using the techniques you learned in this chapter, you make the necessary beginning steps toward ensuring a fundamental level of data integrity in your database. The next step is to begin studying the manner in which your organization views and uses its data so that you can establish and impose business rules for your database. But to really get the most from your database, you should go back to the beginning and run it through a thorough database design process using a good design methodology. Unfortunately, these topics are beyond the scope of this book. However, you can learn a good design methodology from books such as Database Design for Mere Mortals (Addison-Wesley, 2004) by Michael J. Hernandez or Database Systems: A Practical ...