Chapter 2. Establishing a Class of Databases
The first thing you need to do to start test-driving your databases is to start defining classes of databases and stop worrying so much about particular database instances. When you’re done with the book, you will probably start pulling away from allowing any manual changes to any meaningful database instance.
To help you get to that point, this chapter digs a little bit deeper into what a class is and how it helps, and also delves into how the forces in database development differ from application development.
After reconciling the nature of a class with the new forces seen in database development, this chapter lays out the requirements for a class of databases and then shows you a how to implement ...
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