Addison Wesley Designing Effective Database Systems Jan 2005 eBook

Addison Wesley Designing Effective Database Systems Jan 2005 eBook
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"Riordan covers core skills for any developer database design and
development in a perfect amount of detail. This book should be on
every professional developers reading list."



Duncan Mackenzie, developer, Microsoft (MSDN)"Designing a database
is not a trivial subject. Riordan brings experience and clear
explanations to a fundamental part of software development."



Patrick Birch, database and technical writing consultant"If you
buy only one book on database design, make it this one. Riordan has a
talent for explaining technical issues in simple language, without
over simplifying."



Brendan Reynolds, developer, Dataset IT Systems and Microsoft
Access MVP"A book that will expertly guide you in how to develop a
database for a client and how to do it right the first time!"



Kenneth D. Snell, Ph.D., ACCESS developer and Microsoft Access MVP
"Riordan has produced a unique book that brings together a formal, yet
commonsense, approach to relational database design...and then goes
further! Many database designers will find immense value in the steps
to developing practical data warehouse designs. If you are seeking a
framework for designing transactional databases, or want to step out
into the world of analytical databases, Riordans book excels at
bridging both worlds."



Paul Irvine, vice president, engineering, Via Training"Riordan
takes a complex subject and makes it easy. If youre over your head on
a database design project, this book will help bail you out!"



Mike Gunderloy, contributing editor, Application Development
Trends "This book covers a wide range of database design and data
modeling topics in a well organized, easy to understand format."



Amy Sticksel, Sticksel Data Systems, Inc. "In Designing Effective
Database Systems, Riordans style, wit, and attention to detail are
outstanding."



Sandra Daigle, Microsoft Access MVP The Software Developers Step
by Step Guide to Database Design

World renowned expert Rebecca M. Riordan has written the definitive
database design book for working developers who arent database
experts. No matter how messy or complex your data challenge, Designing
Effective Database Systems shows you how to design an effective, high
performance database to solve it.

Riordan begins by thoroughly demystifying the principles of relational
design, making them accessible to every professional developer. Next,
she offers the fields clearest introduction to dimensional database
modeling practical insight for designing todays increasingly
important analytical applications.

One task at a time, the author illuminates every facet of database
analysis and design for both traditional databases and the dimensional
databases used for data warehousing, showing how to avoid common
architectural pitfalls that complicate development and reduce
extensibility. The book concludes with comprehensive, expert guidance
on designing databases for maximum usability.

This book will teach you to

Understand relational database models, structures, relationships,
and data integrity principles

Define database system goals, criteria, scope, and work processes

Construct accurate conceptual models: relationships, entities,
domain analysis, and normalization

Build efficient, secure database schema

Master the elements of online analytical processing (OLAP) design:
fact tables, dimension tables, snowflaking, and more

Architect and construct easy, efficient interfaces for querying
and reporting

Lea from practice examples based on Microsofts Northwind sample
database

Riordan has helped thousands of professionals master database design
and development, eaing Microsofts coveted MVP honor for her
exceptional contributions. Nobody is more qualified to help you master
database design and apply it in your real world environment.

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