Lecture 3. The relational model
Readings:
- E.F. Codd. A relational model of data for large shared data banks. Communications of the ACM, 1970 (also in the Red Book 3rd Ed.) Focus on Sections 1.1-1.4 and all of Section 2. [pdf]
While reading this paper, try to focus on the following questions:
- What are the main contributions of this paper?
- What limitations of previous data models does Codd point-out in his paper?
- What are the key ideas behind the relational model?
- What are the limitations of this paper?
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