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Fabian Pascal
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<h2 id="quotes">Quotes</h2> <ul><li>"A lot of what is being said, written, or done in the database management field — or whatever is left of it — by vendors, the trade press and "experts" is irrelevant, misleading, or outright wrong. While this is to a degree true of computing in general, in the database field the problems are so acute that, claims to the contrary notwithstanding, technology is actually regressing!"<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a></li> <li>"The relational model is application of science — logic and math — to database management. The notion that one is "fanatic" about that is tantamount to claiming that civil engineering is fanatical about the laws of physics. Such a claim reveals problems more serious than ignorance of data fundamentals, and THAT is what deserves disdain." Fabian Pascal, August 29, 2005 <a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a></li></ul> <h2 id="publications">Publications</h2> <ul><li>Pascal, Fabian (1990). <i>SQL and relational basics</i>. <a href="/facts/Redwood_City,_California/tgxq3E29">Redwood City</a>, <a href="/facts/California/zLW2vdQJ">CA</a>: M&T Books. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 1-55851-063-X. <a href="/facts/LCCN_(identifier)/5hb5Cw2V">LCCN</a> <a href="https://lccn.loc.gov/90005525">90005525</a>. <a href="/facts/OCLC_(identifier)/Yqad8waq">OCLC</a> <a href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/21037159">21037159</a>. <a href="/facts/LCC_(identifier)/lQ61tkz3">LCC</a> <a href="https://catalog.loc.gov/vwebv/search?searchCode=CALL%2B&searchArg=QA76.73.S67+P37+1990&searchType=1&recCount=25">QA76.73.S67 P37 1990</a>. 336 pp.</li></ul> <ul><li>Pascal, Fabian (1993). <a href="https://archive.org/details/understandingrel00pasc"><i>Understanding relational databases with examples in SQL-92</i></a>. <a href="/facts/New_York_City/YlyvFmVC">New York</a>, <a href="/facts/New_York_(state)/mnl67G1G">NY</a>: Wiley. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 0-471-58538-6. <a href="/facts/LCCN_(identifier)/5hb5Cw2V">LCCN</a> <a href="https://lccn.loc.gov/93007595">93007595</a>. <a href="/facts/OCLC_(identifier)/Yqad8waq">OCLC</a> <a href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/27812796">27812796</a>. <a href="/facts/LCC_(identifier)/lQ61tkz3">LCC</a> <a href="https://catalog.loc.gov/vwebv/search?searchCode=CALL%2B&searchArg=QA76.9.D3+P3486+1993&searchType=1&recCount=25">QA76.9.D3 P3486 1993</a>. 278 pp.</li></ul> <ul><li>Pascal, Fabian (2000). <i>Practical issues in database management : a reference for the thinking practitioner</i>. <a href="/facts/Boston/exjfn6xf">Boston</a>, <a href="/facts/Massachusetts/9uumCbFI">MA</a>: Addison-Wesley. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 0-201-48555-9. <a href="/facts/LCCN_(identifier)/5hb5Cw2V">LCCN</a> <a href="https://lccn.loc.gov/00022984">00022984</a>. <a href="/facts/OCLC_(identifier)/Yqad8waq">OCLC</a> <a href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/43434672">43434672</a>. <a href="/facts/LCC_(identifier)/lQ61tkz3">LCC</a> <a href="https://catalog.loc.gov/vwebv/search?searchCode=CALL%2B&searchArg=QA76.9.D3+P34855+2000&searchType=1&recCount=25">QA76.9.D3 P34855 2000</a>. 256 pp.</li></ul> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Christopher_J._Date/qA9FDQuB">Christopher J. Date</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Hugh_Darwen/pVF2Iact">Hugh Darwen</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/David_McGoveran/JEAFJYxw">David McGoveran</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Principle_of_orthogonal_design/QMQeQDtK">Principle of orthogonal design</a> (POOD)</li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li>Pascal, Fabian. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20050405203410/http://www.wilshireconferences.com/interviews/pascal.htm">"Truth, Fads and Principles: What's Wrong with the Database Industry? (An interview)"</a>. Wilshire conferences. Archived from <a href="http://www.wilshireconferences.com/interviews/pascal.htm">the original</a> on 2005-04-05. Retrieved 2005-05-09..</li> <li>Pascal, Fabian. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060813203710/http://www.dbazine.com/top-auth/top-auth-pascal/">"Articles"</a>. DBAzine. Archived from <a href="http://www.dbazine.com/top-auth/top-auth-pascal/">the original</a> on 2006-08-13. Retrieved 2006-07-17..</li> <li>Pascal, Fabian (December 2006 – September 2008). <a href="http://fallofknowledgeandreason.blogspot.com/">"The Post West"</a>..</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Fabian Pascal is Smarter Than Me". Gadgetopia. 2005-09-03. <a href="http://www.gadgetopia.com/post/4299" target="_blank">http://www.gadgetopia.com/post/4299</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Pascal, Fabian (December 2006 – September 2008). "The PostWest". <a href="http://fallofknowledgeandreason.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://fallofknowledgeandreason.blogspot.com/</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Pedersen, Alf (2005-08-19). "Viewpoint of a Database Analyst: A Database Design Principles Blog". IT tool box. <a href="http://database.ittoolbox.com/blogs/featuredentry.asp?i=5426" target="_blank">http://database.ittoolbox.com/blogs/featuredentry.asp?i=5426</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"What do Oracle professionals think of Fabian Pascal?". comp.databases.oracle.misc. Google Groups. <a href="https://groups.google.com/group/comp.databases.oracle.misc/browse_thread/thread/df51365a5f7bb465/1c70aef18afc44c4?#3ce5afc136c5f5c3" target="_blank">https://groups.google.com/group/comp.databases.oracle.misc/browse_thread/thread/df51365a5f7bb465/1c70aef18afc44c4?#3ce5afc136c5f5c3</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>