Codd's Page

This Page is dedicated to the memory of Dr.Edgar (Ted) Codd

Ted Codd, the 'Father of the Relational Database', died on April 18th.2003, in Williams Island,Florida.
We all owe him a tremendous debt for opening up a very interesting and challenging area of work.

In 1970, he published his ground-breaking paper, entitled 'A Relational Model of Data for Large Shared Data Banks'.

Some Links for Codd's work
Codd's 1970 Paper	The definitive Paper, published while Codd was at IBM.
Codd and Business Rules	Requires free Registration
Codd's Normal Forms
Codd's Rules	13 Rules that govern Relational Database Theory.
IBM's tribute	"Remembering Edgar Codd, IBM Fellow" This is a link to a news item on the IBM Site, and it might change, so if you find that it does not work, I would appreciate your letting me know.
Relational Algebra Tutorial.	From the Illinois Institute of technology. Codd's approach is based on Relational Algebra and provides a sound theoretical foundation for creaitng Relatioanal Data Models, in contrast to the Object-Oriented approach.