Goal
The path to "Yasashii Database Sekkei (A Gentle Guide to Database Design)"
Here is the reading path leading up to this book, derived from its dependencies and ordered from the fundamentals.
The path so far (1 books)
Why read this first: After learning basic SQL operations such as SELECT and JOIN, the natural next step is the upstream question of how to design the tables themselves. This book walks through requirements definition, logical design, physical design, and operations in one pass, giving concrete guidance at each stage where a reader new to DB design tends to stumble.