About the Book

Database Design – 2nd Edition is a remix and adaptation based on Adrienne Watt’s book Database Design. Works that are part of the remix for this book are listed at the end of each chapter. For information about what was changed in this adaptation, refer to the copyright statement in the copyright section or on the webbook homepage.

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