• Title: The Relational Model for Database Management
• Author(s) Edgar F. Codd
• Publisher: Addison-Wesley; 1st edition (January 1, 2000)
• Hardcover: 538 pages
• eBook PDF (567 pages)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0201141922
• ISBN-13: 978-0201141924
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Written by the originator of the relational model, this book covers the practical aspects of the design of relational databases. The author defines twelve rules that database management systems need to follow in order to be described as truly relational and then gives the motivation behind these rules. This book is a perfect resource for students and professionals in the field.

• Edgar F. Codd was an English computer scientist who, while working for IBM, invented the relational model for database management, the theoretical basis for relational databases and relational database management systems.

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