Title
Date, Chris (Christopher J.) oral history
Catalog Number
102658166
Type
Document
Description
Christopher J. "Chris" Date, the database management system specialist and writer, talks about his early background and education, his joining IBM and his initial work in programmer training at the Hursley Lab. This was followed by work on database management under PL/I which led to his involvement in the relational data base concept. He then talks about producing his first database book and how it evolved over time. This book was followed by many additional database textbooks and papers. He had developed a relationship with Ted Codd early in his career and, after both left IBM, they started the Codd and Date companies. Finally, he describes his work with Hugh Darwen on The Third Manifesto, which presents his view of the foundation for future database systems.
Date
2007-06-13
Contributor
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Date, Chris J., Interviewee
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Grad, Burt, Editor
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Haigh, Thomas, Interviewer
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Publisher
Computer History Museum
Place of Publication
Mountain View, CA, USA
Extent
51 p.
Category
Transcription
Subject
Leo Computers; IBM Hursley Lab; PL/I; McMorran, Mike; SQL; Query By Example; Zloof, Moshé; QUEL; Hopewell, Paul; Introduction to Database Systems; Codasyl Database Task Group; Bachman, Charles; ACM SIGMOD Debate; Relational Systems; A Relational Model of Data for Large Shared Data Banks; Hierarchical Databases; Network Databases; System R; SQL/DS; DB2; IMS; Unified Database Language; Codd and Date Companies; Pascal, Fabian; The Third Manifesto; Fagin, Ron; Codd, E.F. (Ted); Codd, Sharon; Darwen, Hugh; Date, C.J. (Chris); Cambridge University
Collection Title
Oral history collection
