A Sane Approach to Database Design by Mark Johansen http://www.electrictactics.com/book/sanedb.html http://www.electrictactics.com/book/sanedb.html The book i

A Sane Approach to Database Design by Mark Johansen http://www.electrictactics.com/book/sanedb.html http://www.electrictactics.com/book/sanedb.html The book is really accessible and helpful. SaneDB helped me survive a development project when I was new to many things and beat some sense into me about what databases (and DBAs) are for that still comes in handy every week.