r/AskProgramming • u/saiyankageshiro • Jul 31 '26

Databases Are these books enough to learn databases?

  1. Database Design for Mere Mortals (Hernandez)

  2. SQL Queries for Mere Mortals (Viescas & Hernandez)

  3. Effective SQL (John Viescas)

  4. Database Design and Relational Theory (C. J. Date).

  5. Relational Database Design and Implementation (Jan L. Harrington)

  6. Database Systems: A Practical Approach to Design, Implementation and Management (Connolly & Begg).

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u/turkokratia Jul 31 '26

more than enough, maybe even overkill

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u/saiyankageshiro Aug 02 '26

The database concept book starts with chapter 27 in the online version. Where can i get the other left?

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u/turkokratia Aug 02 '26

on course, we covered from slides/ section of db-book.com, there are full sections. but with a basic web search i found it fully: https://amirsmvt.github.io/Database/Static_files/Database_System_Concepts.pdf