Database Internals - Where to Begin? [closed]

Answer 1

Textbook: Database Management Systems by Ramakrishnan and Gehrke.

Or: Architecture of a Database System by Hellerstein, Stonebraker, and Hamilton.

Production Code: PostgreSQL

(I like the PG code better than SQLite , it's far more complete and, I think, better organized. SQLite is awesome for what it does, but there is a lot it doesn't take on).

Extra Credit: Readings in Database Systems, 4th edition edited by Hellerstein.

Answer 2

If you are really serious, and although a tough read none other by the late and great Jim Gray and Reuter:

Transaction Processing, Concepts and Techniques

Again if serious, do not bother with anything else.. it's out of this world and certainly out of mySQL chasing by IBM or Oracle..

Answer 3

Not everybody likes his style, but I find that Joe Celko does a fine job of explaining the set-based logic that drives SQL databases. If you already have a little SQL experience under your belt, you should read SQL for Smarties.