Applied Mathematics for Database Professionals

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• ianamartin · May 2, 2017 · Recommends

  …understanding software. All software deals with data. If you don't have a good understanding of data, you are never going to have a good understanding of software. One of the best books I've ever read was Applied Mathematics for Database Professionals by Lex de Haan, and Toon Koppelaars. I think that's the database equivalent of SICP. You need to read it and understand it if you want to seriously deal with data. And you want to if you want to write…

  on “SQL is 43 years old – Here’s why we still use it today” ↗
• dmfay · May 9, 2022 · Recommends

  Lex de Haan and Toon Koppelaars, Applied Mathematics for Database Professionals -- a fairly gentle introduction to database theory starting with logic & discrete math Ralph Kimball and Margy Ross, The Data Warehouse Toolkit -- even if you're in an OLTP context, it's useful to know…

  on “Ask HN: What are some good books for SQL/DBA?” ↗
• zvmaz · Mar 23, 2024 · Mentions

  …from his books, except a deep irritation partly due to his absolute pedantry... I finally learned SQL with a gentle introduction by Alan Beaulieu. I stumbled upon another book that's about the theory: Applied Mathematics for Database Professionals, by Lex deHaan, and Toon Koppelaars. Maybe these authors will benevolently teach me relational theory. But please avoid C. J. Date's books. And don't be him when writing a book or trying to explain something…

  on “SQL is syntactic sugar for relational algebra” ↗