The New Relational Database Dictionary

No matter what DBMS you are using—Oracle, DB2, SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL—misunderstandings can always arise over the precise meanings of terms, misunderstandings that can have a serious effect on the success of your database projects. For example, here are some common database terms: attribute , BCNF , consistency , denormalization , predicate , repeating group , join dependency . Do you know what they all mean? Are you sure? The New Relational Database Dictionary defines all of these terms