Database system implementation

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1. ComodoHackerMay 2020
   If you want something more advanced and fundamental, I'd recommend classic Database System Implementation[0] by Hector Garcia-Molina; Jennifer D. Widom; Jeffrey D. Ullman. It's still relevant. Technologies change, but fundamental principles and algorithms... change order of magnitude slower.

   And yes, it's that Ullman.

   0. https://www.amazon.com/dp/0130402648

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2. DoofusOfDeathJun 2017
   That's a good point; let me clarify.

   It's definitely a good idea to have prior general knowledge of database internals before reading an "internals" book.

   I'm not sure if it's out of date, but my favorite book on the topic was "Database System Implementation" by Garcia-Molina et al. I found it to be super-readable.

   What I like about the "internals" book is you get to see a real, specific database up close, warts and all. It gives you a different perspective from an overview book like the one mentioned above.

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3. gburtNov 2015
   I took the same course @geedy is speaking of (with him, in fact) and there are two good comparable resources I'm aware of:

   (1) Ramon's (excellent!) lecture notes themselves are currently (but not always) available on his website: https://people.ok.ubc.ca/rlawrenc/teaching/404/notes/index.h...

   (2) Garcia-Molina, Ullman and Widom's book and courses taught on their work: http://www.amazon.ca/Database-System-Implementation-Hector-G... http://infolab.stanford.edu/~ullman/dbsi.html

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