Book two of my library is Data Management : Databases and Organizations by Richard T. Watson (ISBN 0471347116). It is an excellent general database technology book that I first used in college. The book is divided into sections which include: The Managerial Perspective, Data Modeling and SQL, Database Architectures and Implementations, Organizational Memory Technologies, and Managing Organizational Memory. The book is currently in its 5th edition and it's still going strong. Unfortunately, this book is neither cheap ($104.95 list) nor available on Safari Bookshelf.
I can still remember my tests from college, every question began with "According to Watson...". Hmm, maybe that's why I watch "According to Jim"???
(This post is part of an ongoing series to build your technical library.)