This book not only gives specific hands on practice, but also provides an overview of designing, maintaining and using a database. Covers the basics from using a spreadsheet to organizing information to create an effective database. Brings the elements of a database together using easy to understand language. This book covers what databases are used for, why databases are important, why the design of the database is important, database normalization, keys to solid database design, differences in types of databases, and indexes--what they are, how we use them, and why they are important.
John Petersen is the President and Founder of Main Line Software, Inc., a software application and database design firm located in suburban Philadelphia. MLSI development platforms include Visual Basic, Access and SQL-Server. John holds an MBA from the Haub School of Business of St. Joseph's University, and is currently an evening student at the Widener University School of Law. John has presented and spoken at many industry events including Microsoft Developer Days and Microsoft Tech Ed. John's other writing projects include white papers for MSDN, books, and feature articles in various software development periodicals.
