Beginning with a brief introduction to the principles of relational databases, this provides a comprehensive step-by-step tutorial in SQL. Exercises at the end of each chapter build reader fluency and confidence at each level before proceeding to the next.
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Awesome! VBers out there will really find it useful as well,
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This review is from: Understanding SQL (Paperback)
I've owned this book for only 48 hours and have read it from cover to cover and I am starting with it all over again!The Author covers ANSI SQL clearly and in-depth with good examples! I would recommend this for anyone who wants to learn SQL and have an accurate reference. It's for beginner to advanced SQL folks! As a professional Visual Basic, SQL, and Pascal developer, I really needed a reference manual like this one! You know, for those times when you're in the middle of writing some SQL code and ask yourself a question like: "Now how do I format that 'Select' statement?" I've tried a couple of the "SQL For Dummies" books and returned each of them! I really did not think that a book like this existed, but here it is! Get this book!
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good Second Book on SQL,
This review is from: Understanding SQL (Paperback)
While I initially liked "The Practical Sql Handbook : Using Structured Query Language" better, after a couple of months I found this book in front of me more often. It is a little dry, but very good at explaining things like nested sub-queries, LIKE, EXISTS, and such. Several years later I had an employee working on an SQL parser in LEX/YACC and he found this book very helpful in definining the parser's syntax because of its conciseness. It doesn't go into the 31 flavors of SQL much, but those will be your third and n_th books anyway so not to worry. If I get away from SQL for awhile, (I'm really a C, C++ programmer) I hunt down Gruber's book before starting in again. If there's a better 2nd book out there, I haven't found it yet. You can't go wrong at the price.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Beginners look no further!,
By A Customer
This review is from: Understanding SQL (Paperback)
I'm a newbie to SQL, and borrowed a copy of this book from a coworker a few weeks ago. I was hooked from chapter 1. I'm already creating and dropping tables and manipulating data, and understanding everything! This book is wonderful, and I urge anyone who wants a good solid understanding of SQL to get a copy and just sit down and start reading. The examples are easy to follow but not patronizingly so, and there are short quizzes at the end of each chapter to reinforce the main concepts. This is going to be an invaluable resource for me as I continue down this path. Five stars aren't enough!
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