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What a great resource. Thank you for the recommendation!

• guenthert 5y ago
  Is it though? I mean, isn't the appeal of a relational DBMS that it is a black box to the user and it's the query planner's job to yield an efficient search for a given goal? That job will be easier, if the DBMS developers are free to chose internal representation as needed and aren't bound by earlier disclosed details.
  • WGH_ 5y ago
    > I mean, isn't the appeal of a relational DBMS that it is a black box to the user and it's the query planner's job to yield an efficient search for a given goal? I wish
  • ahmedalsudani 5y ago
    The book is still great, and some of us like to dig into database internals :) It's by no means a requirement to use the database