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A source to learn database design

I am looking to make a website and in the future desktop apps as well and i know nothing about db design so what tutorials or books (online preferably) are there? thanks

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There are many similar questions about database design on SO. Maybe you should check them first. Here's one.

Mr. Brownstone  2009-01-04 16:36:34
One particular answer there, http://stackoverflow.com/questions/387339/database-design-best-practices#387414, bears particular notice.
Charles Duffy  2009-01-04 16:45:01
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The introduction to normalization in the MySQL manual is very good. There's also a list of resources at the end of the article.

Eran Galperin  2009-01-04 16:42:13
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The T. Connolly 's book is one of the best I've read so far.

Database Systems : A Practical Approach to Design, Implementation and Management

Easy to pick up and cover a lot of topics.

andyk  2009-01-04 18:32:12

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