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Ask HN: How to learn relational database

3 pointsby navyadover 8 years ago
I&#x27;m a application developer using django, since most of the stuff learn happens behind Django&#x27;ORM.<p>So i&#x27;m looking to learn relational database, so that i can design better database system.<p>Can anybody guide what approach should be taken ?

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brudgersover 8 years ago
My favorite introductory book is <i>Database Systems: The Complete Book</i>, by Hector Garcia-Molina, Jeff Ullman, and Jennifer Widom. The first edition is probably good enough and usable used copies are often available for less than $10 online.<p>In terms of interacting with relational databases directly, I&#x27;ve found SQLite&#x27;s command line interface [the command sqlite3] very lightweight. A potential bonus of &#x27;sqlite3&#x27; is running it against SQLite databases for applications already on your machine...be careful though.<p>Good luck.
paukiatweeover 8 years ago
You can get started using <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;pgexercises.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;pgexercises.com&#x2F;</a> , which focus on Postgres
navyadover 8 years ago
One more thing , what could be the important concepts which should be covered ?