Hey, can anyone recommend a good database theory book? I'm looking to get one for Christmas, but want to get a decent one.
http://www.amazon.com/Database-Systems-Complete-Book-GOAL/dp/0130319953 I really enjoyed this book. I read it cover-to-cover in grad school. There's a few negative reviews but I don't recall having the same issues as they did. You can read a few sample chapters at the book's website: http://infolab.stanford.edu/~ullman/dscb.html
Awesome, thanks a lot. I've really been liking databases a lot and one of my professors suggested picking up a theory book because of how interesting they are.
My DB class used this book: http://www.amazon.com/Database-Management-Systems-Raghu-Ramakrishnan/dp/0072465638/ref=pd_sim_b_1 Good book. It covers the general principles as well as some data mining (the uni stopped offering the data mining class but apparently would continue the class with this book). It is a bit dry and can get heavy at times. I still refer to it now and then.