If you want to see how your next database project can benefit from object-oriented design, check out the Database Design for Smarties, and intelligent guide to life using objects in the database. The book begins with a tour of some underlying factors in database modeling. Here, the author distinguishes between, conceptual, external and internal models of their database design.) Then the data for the architecture, the traditional relational or object-oriented relational newer and object-(OO) type databases. After discussing several trap collection and implementation of user needs, the authors see the UML notation for use case diagrams. The author shows how to emulate an object-oriented ideas successfully use stored procedures and triggers, even if you do not run on a platform that "true" object oriented. Very well written and clear, Database Design for Smarties offer valuable advice on how to consistently take advantage of the object to make it more simple database design and maintained.