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Data Modeling for Everyone
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Author: Sharon Allen
List Price: $49.99
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ISBN: 1590592131
Publisher: APress (July, 2003)
Edition: Paperback
Sales Rank: 583,738
Average Customer Rating: 4 out of 5
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Customer ReviewsRating: 5 out of 5
Excellent Resource for all !
I am the sort of guy who hated working with data and databases until I laid my hands on this book. I always believed that Data Modeling is something that "the database guys" do. My role as a programmer restricts my view of Data. This book, I must say has been an eye opener. Not only did I understand the processes of data modeling better, but it made me appreciate the need for it.
Data is indeed what makes the world go around.This book takes the reader through the various stages of modeling data in the enterprise in a step-by-step manner. It lays the foundation by introducing various models, with a bit of theory, that you may safely skip (if you are an old hand), proceeds to buliding a logical model from a conceptual model and finally transforming the logical model to a physical model in terms of tables and relations. The topics have been covered quite comprehensively (for a book of its size) and I may say that this book could very well be used as supplementary material for a course on Data and Data modeling. With its timeless appeal, I can assure you that this book will adorn my bookshelf for decades.
Rating: 2 out of 5
Bad effort.
As I was reviewing this book for a class I was teaching on the subject, I could'nt help but think the author's effort was rushed. This book would be good for someone with a strong data modeling background who wants a new perspective. It is a poor choice for novices to the field. Explanations are lacking in clarity. Book is poorly organized. Check out Inside Relational Databases, Whithorn.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Introduction or Refresher this is a great book
I was given this book by a colleague and at first I did not think I needed any relearning about how to data model. But this book really helped me to refocus on the important aspects of data modeling. I highly recommend this to new data modelers and existing data modelers alike.
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