On 2/2/2011 4:58 PM, matty jones wrote:
> I am looking for a good book on the math and/or theory behind relational
> databases and associated topics.. I am looking some works on set
> theory, algebra, or any other books/papers on the mechanics that
> databases are built on. I found one book online,
> http://web.cecs.pdx.edu/~maier/TheoryBook/TRD.html, The Theory of
> Relational Databases by David Maier and that is what got me interested
> in the foundations of database design and theory.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Matt
Dont know any books, but have you read the wikipedia page?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Set_theory
Its probably more of an intro, but it might have
people/theories/axims/etc that you could find books on.
-Andy
