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Data Modeling, a Beginner's Guide

by Andy Oppel

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A structured introduction to turning business needs into database designs

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A structured introduction to turning business needs into database designs

Data Modeling, a Beginner’s Guide maps the path from gathering business requirements to building conceptual, logical, and physical database designs. Its coverage includes UML, normalization, business rules, temporal data, and analytical database design, framing data modeling as the foundation for accurate analysis, extraction, reporting, and manipulation of information. The material is organized as a tutorial, with chapter-level skill lists, expert Q&As, hands-on exercises, supplemental notes, and self-tests. Although it addresses database design principles broadly, the methods presented are intended to apply across database management systems rather than a single vendor’s platform.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Beginners seeking a guided introduction to database data modeling
  • Database learners who want practice exercises and chapter-end self-tests
  • Professionals translating business requirements into database designs

Themes

Data modelingDatabase designBusiness requirementsNormalizationUML

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Essential Skills--Made Easy!

Learn how to create data models that allow complex data to be analyzed, manipulated, extracted, and reported upon accurately. Data Modeling: A Beginner's Guide teaches you techniques for gathering business requirements and using them to produce conceptual, logical, and physical database designs. You'll get details on Unified Modeling Language (UML), normalization, incorporating business rules, handling temporal data, and analytical database design. The methods presented in this fast-paced tutorial are applicable to any database management system, regardless of vendor.

Designed for Easy Learning

  • Key Skills & Concepts--Chapter-opening lists of specific skills covered in the chapter
  • Ask the expert--Q&A sections filled with bonus information and helpful tips
  • Try This--Hands-on exercises that show you how to apply your skills
  • Notes--Extra information related to the topic being covered
  • Self Tests--Chapter-ending quizzes to test your knowledge

Andy Oppel has taught database technology for the University of California Extension for more than 25 years. He is the author of Databases Demystified, SQL Demystified, and Databases: A Beginner's Guide, and the co-author of SQL: A Beginner's Guide, Third Edition, and SQL: The Complete Reference, Third Edition.

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