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Database books currently tend to fall into two categories: highly theoretical and detailed textbooks and manuals which teach how to use the software but not the underlying theory. Neither type of book explains why the reader would want to do many of the things they describe. Marklyn and Whitehorn cover essential relational database theory and explain how to build databases securely - without bogging them down into too much detail and endless formulae. They start by explaining interface components and letting you build working databases. Along the way the authors guide you through potential disasters and provide the techniques to avoid them. Inside Relational Databases is aimed at equipping students with the necessary skills to build practical databases in the 'real world' as well as ensuring that they have a sufficient theoretical grounding in the subject
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Inside Relational Databases with Examples in Access Inside Relational Databases with Examples in Access Mark Whitehorn and Bill Marklyn 123 Mark Whitehorn Applied Computing Division, University of Dundee, UK Bill Marklyn 2332 E Aloha Street, Seattle WA 98112, USA British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Control Number: 2006931000 ISBN-10: 1-84628-394-9 Printed on acid-free paper ISBN-13: 978-1-84628-394-9 © Mark Whitehorn 2007 Apart from any fair dealing for the purposes of research or private study, or criticism or review, as permitted under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, this publication may only be reproduced, stored or transmitted, in any form or by any means, with the prior permission in writing of the publishers, or in the case of reprographic reproduction in accordance with the terms of licences issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency. Enquiries concernin