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On Thu, 25 Jun 2009, Martijn Grooten wrote: > All, > > does anyone have any suggestions for books to read to understand how > databases really work? I don't mean books that explain various MySQL > or Oracle commands, but really books that explain the way databases > (and things such as searches and indexes) really work. I have a > background in maths, so it is not a problem if it is slightly > theoretical. Hm. Relational databases, key/data databases, b-tree, etc. Although I suspect that's the first question that needs asking & answering! This'll give you a start: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Databases Gordon -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html