OT -- MySQL/general database info

Sorry about the off topic post.
If posts like this are strictly against the rules please let me know.

I'm looking for a good book on database creation.
I'd like to make my own database in MySQL but I'm not sure how to go about it.
How data should be organized and such.
I'm looking for a book that's more about databases then MySQL itself.
What book do you recommend?

More specifically I need to create a database of devices that are stored in 
an XY grid. The database must keep the XY location and lots of other 
information that goes with each device.

sorry one more thing. If anybody on this list is from the Los Angeles area 
and would like a job designing a database + PHP web interface drop me an email.

Your help is greatly appreciated.
Thank you



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