By
Joe Celko, Independent Consultant & Columnist for
Intelligent Enterprise, USA
Description
Joe Celko has looked deep into the code of SQL programmers and found a consistent and troubling pattern - a frightening lack of consistency
between their individual encoding schemes and those of the industries in which they operate. This translates into a series of incompatible
databases, each one an island unto itself that is unable to share information with others in an age of internationalization and business
interdependence. Such incompatibility severely hinders information flow and the quality of company data.
Data, Measurements and
Standards in SQL reveals the shift these programmers need to make to overcome this deadlock. By collecting and detailing the diverse
standards of myriad industries, and then giving a declaration for the units that can be used in an SQL schema, Celko enables readers
to write and implement portable data that can interface to any number of external application systems!
This book doesn't limit
itself to one subject, but serves as a detailed synopsis of measurement scales and data standards for all industries, thereby giving
RDBMS programmers and designers the knowledge and know-how they need to communicate effectively across business boundaries.
Audience:
Working SQL programmers, database administrators, database designers, database analysts, and application system developers as well as
those who are developing new features for DBMSs who want to know about users' ideas and needs. The book would also be of interest to
anyone working with electronic information, not necessarily in the relational database context, but also XML, Web sites, etc.
