This may be a useful example for a different approach: http://www.dataorienteddesign.com/dodbook/ http://www.dataorienteddesign.com/dodbook/ Particularly the c

This may be a useful example for a different approach: http://www.dataorienteddesign.com/dodbook/ http://www.dataorienteddesign.com/dodbook/ Particularly the chapter "Relational Databases" which compares to programming with sets in databases. This book doesn't tell you to program as if you worked with SQL, but draws inspiration from it and makes a comparison.