There are a lot of books on database system design like »Fundamentals of Database Systems« [1] by Elmasri and Navathe. The reason there is no such thing as a si

There are a lot of books on database system design like »Fundamentals of Database Systems« [1] by Elmasri and Navathe. The reason there is no such thing as a simple tutorial is because any serious attempt to build a database system will consume on the order of tens or hundreds of men-years of effort if you start from scratch. [1] http://www.amazon.com/Fundamentals-Database-Systems-Ramez-Elmasri/dp/0136086209 http://www.amazon.com/Fundamentals-Database-Systems-Ramez-El...