Computer data-base organization (Prentice-Hall series in automatic computation)

by James Martin

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 013165506X
• ISBN13: 9780131655065
• Release Date: January 1975
• Publisher: Prentice-Hall
• Length: 528 Pages
• Weight: 2.60 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A bit dated but still a good reference

Dr. James Martin is widely recognized as an authority on the social and commercial ramifications of computers and technology. He has written 101 books on IT subjects, and this title is one of his earlier books, first published in 1975.Martin received a Pulitzer Prize nomination for his book, "The Wired Society: A Challenge for Tomorrow," based on his predictions about technology. In September 2002, Computerworld ranked Dr. Martin the fourth most influential person in the computer industry (and also one of the richest, at least in the field of consultancy).I've worked extensively with his consulting associates from James Martin & Company (now called Headstrong, and recently merged with TechSpan), especially in the areas of project management and data base design. This book was our bible back in the 80s and 90s."Computer Data-Base Organization" is a lucid, well-organized guide to relational data base design, dated only by its lack of reference to object/relational frameworks. Check out "Object-Oriented Analysis and Design" by Martin and Odell for O-O made simple.The principles of data base organization in this book, e.g. the need for independence between physical and logical design, the optimization of design for access time versus the complexity of data relationships are still valid. In spite of the new storage devices, software techniques, and new types of data bases that have come onto the market since this book was published, you can still get a solid grounding from this book, especially if you are new to the concept of what a data base is and what it should be able to do for you. It is sad to note that for every well-designed data base that is currently in production, there are probably ninety-nine that are badly designed and barely limping along because the developers didn't understand principles in this book.