Format:
Book
Author:
Takahashi, Mana.
Title:
The Manga guide to databases / Mana Takahashi, Shoko Azuma, Trend-pro Co., LTD.
Publisher, Date:
Tokyo, Japan : Ohmsha ; San Francisco, CA : No Starch Press, c2009.
Description:
vii, 213 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Summary:
"Princess Ruruna and Cain have a problem: their fruit-selling empire is a tangle of conflicting and duplicated data, and sorting the melons from the apples and strawberries is causing real difficulties. But what can they do? Why, build a relational database of course, with the help of Tico, the magical database fairy. Follow along in the 'Manga Guide to Databases' as Tico teaches Ruruna and Cain how to build a database to manage their kingdom's sales, merchandise, and exports. You'll learn how databases work and the meaning of terms like schemas, keys, normalization, and transactions." --p.[4] of cover.
Subjects:
Database management -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Database management -- Caricatures and cartoons.
SQL (Computer program language) -- Comic books, strips, etc.
SQL (Computer program language) -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Other Author:
Azuma, Shōko, 1974-
Trend-pro Co.
Other Title:
Manga de wakaru dētabēsu. English.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]) and index.
Contents:
What is a database? -- What is a relational database? -- Let's design a database! -- Let's learn about SQL! -- Let's operate a database! -- Databases are everywhere!
LCCN:
2008046159
ISBN:
9781593271909
1593271905
Other Number:
268547447
System Availability:
2
Current Holds:
0
# Local items:
2
Control Number:
333535
Call Number:
005.7565 Takahash
Course Reserves:
0
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