Looking for a good course/book/resource on modern databases

Question

This is slightly embarrassing. I'm a professional developer working at one of the big tech companies and I've never used a database. I've got an idea for a website I want to build as a learning experience and possibly as a business, but I don't have the faintest idea what database to use, let alone how to fix/debug the database when I run into problems.

I'm looking for a course, a website, a book, etc., that will give me an overview of modern database technology (SQL vs. NOSQL vs. relational vs. non-relational (I only have a vague idea what these even mean)). I'm starting by googling/wikipediaing all of these terms, but if there are better, comprehensive resources available that I should be aware of, I'd love to hear about them.

Answer 1

I had to learn SQL when i started at my company, i picked up SQL Server 2005 bible and it helped me a lot!

Answer 2

If you decide to go with a standard, relational model, the W3Schools Web site has a great SQL tutorial. I learned plenty from them when I needed the help (and still do, from time to time).

Answer 3

David Kroenke-Database Processing(which is used in database lecture in University of Aegen(Ege)).

Answer 4

Please see the following links , they are very good resources for database:

http://www.pinaldave.com/ - Keep checking his post, he writes very good articles http://www.sqlcourse.com/ - This is has all information on SQL

Let me know if you are looking for any thing specific.