recommend book please

[Kay]

After a few years away from development, I'm doing pretty good with FMP (and really, really love fmforums!) but I wish I'd saved my textbooks on database design. I have FileMaker Pro-specific books. Would y'all kindly recommend your current favourite database design book(s), not FMP specific? Much appreciation. And keep up the good work! What a great community. Regards, Kay.

[Chuck]

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Originally posted by kattatonic:

After a few years away from development, I'm doing pretty good with FMP (and really, really love fmforums!) but I wish I'd saved my textbooks on database design. I have FileMaker Pro-specific books. Would y'all kindly recommend your current favourite database design book(s), not FMP specific? Much appreciation. And keep up the good work! What a great community. Regards, Kay.

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A good beginners book that helped me out quite a bit is "Relational Database Design Clearly Explained" by Jan L. Harrington. She goes into a lot of detail about the theory, most of which is applicable to FileMaker.

Another of a similar vein is "Relational Database Design for Mere Mortals", but I can't find it right now, and don't remember the author. I'm not even sure that the title is exactly right, but it does end in "mere mortals."

Chuck

[zackfc]

I've used the Mere Mortals book. It's a little MS Access example-centric, but an extremely friendly intro to relational database design. There is a lot of info about managing the process as well. This may or may not be interesting depending on your experience, but i found it quite helpful. (All the concepts are presented in a universally applicable form.)

Here's an Amazon link:

Database Design for Mere Mortals : A Hands-On Guide to Relational Database Design by Michael J. Hernandez

-z

[Kay]

Thanks muchly!! I've ordered a copy of Mere Mortals. And might also tackle Jan's book afterward. My brain needs lots of input to output. Thanks, Kay.

PS Does anyone else have a fave book?

[idiotmachine]

Try this one...

Special Edition Using Filemaker Pro 5 by Rich Coulombre, Jonathan Price (my new personal fav).