Hi Lex, On 6/13/05, Lex de Haan <lex.de.haan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > If you really like mathematics, like Mladen and me, Chris' book is indeed= rather > "thin". I agree. > I think it is incredible to write a good book about this stuff in only 24= 0 pages 240 page? mine is 206 pages long: who has stolen the=20 others 34 pages to my book? ;-). I made a post some weeks ago on oracle-l, asking just about this book. after the positive replies I decided to buy it and I found it really a good= =20 book: but why entitle it 'Database in _Depth_'? > -- then you have to make some tough decisions here and there. Also, don't= forget > Chris wrote this book with a one day seminar in mind... > For more formal stuff, you might want to read his thicker books, like his > wellknown "Introduction to Database Systems"=20 I read it some years ago =20 > Then, for the real fanatics, I would recommend "Foundations of Semantic > Databases" by Bert de Brock, published by Prentice Hall (ISBN 0-13-327099= -8). inserted on my wish list, thank you Lex Best regards -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l