In amongst all my grumbling about M359, I’d mentioned that I though moving on to Block 3, and it’s more programming-style SQL content, would make life a whole lot easier.
I started on Block 3 this evening, and it was like a metaphorical weight being lifted from my shoulders – as expected, SQL queries are much [...]

The horror that is M359 continues. I’ve just finished Block 2, the final part of which was all about Normal Forms – 1NF, 2NF, 3NF, BCNF… The chapter started with the ominous warning that…
..students often find the topic of normal forms to be quite difficult. Be aware that you might have to [...]

I’m still plugging away at M359 – normally I’d wait until a TMA is returned before ploughing on into the next one, but with only 1 month between TMA01 and TMA02, there isn’t time. Block 2 is mostly relational algebra – algebra is I think one of those things that everyone remembers from school [...]