Christopher J. Date
Chris Date | |
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| Born | January 18, 1941 |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
| Occupation(s) | author, lecturer, researcher, and consultant, specializing in relational database theory |
| Employer | (until 1983)IBM |
| Known for | Relational databasetheory |
Chris John Date(born 18 January 1941[1]) is an independent author, lecturer, researcher, and consultant, specializing inrelational databasetheory.
Biography
[edit]Chris Date attendedHigh Wycombe Royal Grammar School (U.K.)from 1951 to 1958 and received hisBAinMathematicsfromCambridge University(U.K.) in 1962. He entered the computer business as a mathematical programmer atLeo Computers Ltd.(London), where he quickly moved into education and training. In 1966, he earned his master's degree at Cambridge, and, in 1967, he joinedIBMHursley (UK) as acomputer programminginstructor. Between 1969 and 1974, he was a principal instructor in IBM's European education program.
While working atIBMhe was involved in technical planning and design for the IBM productsSQL/DSandDB2. He was also involved withEdgar F. Codd’srelational modelfor database management. He left IBM in 1983 and has written extensively of the relational model, in association withHugh Darwen.
As of 2007 his bookAn Introduction to Database Systems,currently in its 8th edition, has sold well over 700,000 copies[2]not counting translations, and is used by several hundred colleges and universities worldwide.
He is also the author of many other books ondata management,most notablyDatabases, Types, and the Relational Model,subtitled and commonly referred to asThe Third Manifesto,currently in its third edition (note that earlier editions were titled differently, but maintained the same subtitle), a proposal for the future direction ofDBMSs.
Works
[edit]Chris Date is the author of several books, including:
- Several volumes ofRelational Database Writings:ISBN0-201-39814-1,ISBN0-201-82459-0,ISBN0-201-54303-6,ISBN0-201-50881-8.
- A Guide to the SQL standard, 4th ed.,Addison Wesley, USA 1997,ISBN978-0-201-96426-4
- What Not How: The Business Rules Approach to Application Development,2000,ISBN0-201-70850-7
- The Database Relational Model: A Retrospective Review and Analysis,2001,ISBN0-201-61294-1
- Temporal Data & the Relational Model,2003,ISBN1-55860-855-9
- An Introduction to Database Systems,2004,ISBN0-321-19784-4
- Database in Depth: Relational Theory for Practitioners,2005,ISBN0-596-10012-4
- Databases, Types, and the Relational Model, The Third Manifesto(withHugh Darwen), 2007,ISBN0-321-39942-0
- SQL and Relational Theory, 2nd Edition: How to Write Accurate SQL Code,2011,ISBN1-4493-1640-9.
In recent years he has published articles withFabian Pascalat Database Debunkings.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^Date, Chris (13 June 2007)."Oral History of C. J. Date"(PDF)(Interview). Interviewed by Thomas Haigh. Mountain View, California: Computer History Museum. p. 3.Retrieved20 August2023.
- ^"Data Management Association, January 2007 Newsletter".Archived fromthe originalon 18 January 2017.Retrieved3 December2021.
