Joe Celko's Data, Measurements and Standards in SQL

Joe Celko served 10 years on ANSI/ISO SQL Standards Committee and contributed to the SQL-89 and SQL-92 Standards. Mr. Celko is author a series of books on SQL and RDBMS for Elsevier/MKP. He is an independent consultant based in Austin, Texas. He has written over 1200 columns in the computer trade and academic press, mostly dealing with data and databases.

• 0.0.Introduction 1.0.Scales and Measurement Theory 2.0.Data Encoding Schemes 2.1.Classification 2.2.Check Digits 3.0.Physical Measurements3.1.Brief History of Measurement Standards 3.2.Rise of ISO and Other Organizations3.3.ISO-2955 Standard 3.3.1.Basic Units3.3.2.Compound Units3.4.Color Systems4.0.Temporal Measurements 4.1.The Calendar4.1.1.A History of the Common Era Calendar 4.1.2.ISO-8601 Standard 4.1.3.Implementations in SQL 4.2.The Clock4.2.1.Leap Seconds, UTC and Atomic Clocks4.2.2.Time Zones in SQL 5.0.Industry Standards For Products5.1.UPC and EAN Bar Codes5.2.Standard Packaging Units5.2.1.U.S. Systems5.2.2.European Union and Other European Systems 5.2.3.Asian and Other Systems5.3.Bank Standards5.3.1.Account Numbers5.3.2.Checking 5.3.2.1. U.S. Banking System5.3.2.2. IBAN and Other International Standards 6.0.Postal Address Encoding6.1.Formatting Names6.2.ZIP Codes in the United States 6.3.Various Foreign Systems 6.4.Systems Used by UPS and other Delivery Services7.0.Currency 7.1.GAAP Rules in the United States 7.2.Rules for Euro Conversions 8.0.Internet 8.1.Email Addresses8.2.IP Addresses 9.0.Business Codes9.1.The Rise and Fall of EDI and ANSI X129.2.XML Standards in Various Industries 9.3.Company Identifiers 9.3.1.DUNS 9.3.2.Stock Ticker Symbols9.4.Chart of Accounts10.0. Medical Systems10.1. ICD Codes 10.2. HIPAA Codes10.3. Drug Codes11.0. General Classification Systems11.1. Alphabetic Order11.1.1.History11.1.2.Problems with Foreign Alphabets11.2. Dewey Decimal Classification 11.3. Library of Congress

"Unique? Without question. To my knowledge there is nothing out there quite like this. Further, based on his previous books, Joe is eminently qualified to put these "external world" ideas (standard codes used in industry) into the context of relational databases and SQL." --Rudy Limeback - An independent SQL Consultant"This book focuses on the problems of standardization and the related problems of measurements. It is clearly intended to encourage designers to at least be aware of the problems, before their database designs go live." --Computing Reviews