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The basic structure of databases-what they are, how they work, and how to successfully navigate them
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"Exceptionally well written, organized and presented, "SQL QuickStart Guide" is an ideal and comprehensive introduction for anyone seeking to increase their job prospects and enhance their careers, as well as developers looking to expand their programming capabilities, or in general, for anyone wanting to take advantage of our inevitably data-driven future--even with no prior coding experience! While unreservedly recommended for community, corporate, college, and university library collections, it should be noted for personal reading lists that "SQL QuickStart Guide" is also available in a paperback edition and a digital book format"
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"Learning SQL was a challenge for me. It felt like I was driving blind in a high-speed race, struggling to operate the controls;meanwhile, every other driver seemed to pass me by. The most frustrating part was that therewas no one to slow the race down and give me a slow, steady, and firm understanding of SQLin a way that made it simple fun and not rocket science."
"Seeing my mom take her time teaching students and gifting them with patience and belief--this gave me the confidence that the same thing could be done with the topic of SQL. So, Irolled out my laptop in a Tribeca coffee shop with one mindset: I was going to apply patientbelief in everyone that came to learn SQL from me; and when I saw how much I encouragedfolks to believe in their ability to understand what they once thought was too complex, I knewI was fully aligned with my true passion--teaching!"

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ ClydeBank Media LLC; Illustrated edition (November 19, 2019)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 250 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 194505123X
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1945051234
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.42 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.5 x 0.63 x 9.25 inches

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Walter Shields has worked with SQL and databases for over eighteen years, helping organizations such as Target Corporation, NYC Transit Authority, and NYC Administration for Children’s Services successfully leverage and understand their data using SQL. While Walter’s self-described path through the emerging industry of data science in the late 1990s was anything but straightforward, he firmly believed that SQL did not have to be so daunting for everyone else.

Walter’s desire to simplify the learning process eventually led him to start teaching students in a coffee shop in Tribeca, New York, equipped with nothing but a laptop full of SQL learning materials.

Connect with Walter Shields on his website www.waltershields.com, on LinkedIn, or on Instagram @datashields

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Extremely well written

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 20, 2023

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The author provides an excellent overview of how to get the most from a relational data base. After a lot of searching, this is the first source I've found written in a properly organized and understandable way.
He deals with getting information from and adding information to an existing DB.
Not covered in any detail is how to design and set up a relational data base. Perhaps that's to be the topic for another book. I'd very mush like to buy it if /when it exists.

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Mole_Catcher

Very good intro, but not comprehensive.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 6, 2022

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This book was easy to follow and a great "QuickStart Guide", as it purports to be. It's a shame that it's just short of a reference work. A colleague showed me how to use the "UNION" command. That does not appear in this book at all. There are only a handful of such queries missing, so it's a shame that it doesn't cover all of them. It would have been good to have had a list of all of the commands, with a short explanation, even if using them was out of the scope of this book. If you set aside a day of uninterrupted time you could get through this book in a day and have a great grounding, then search the internet for a full list of functions and read up on the functions not covered here.

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Luis A. Sepúlveda

Very simple to use and well structured.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 5, 2022

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I have gone through five chapters of ten.. I am very satisfied with what I have gone so far. Once I finish the whole book I will be in a better position to give an opinion.

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SQL Quick Start Guide

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This is one of the best books of all times among those I have read. Other than reading, it gives you an opportunity to download the SQL database and platform to practice what you have learned, and makes what you have learned to stick, never to forget. It is written in very simple language even for a beginner to understand. I am doing the last two topics, in reading and writing SQL queries. It also gives you challenge tasks to complete, relevant to the the topic you will have covered. It has all the solutions at the back for reference where you may have gone wrong, and you could redo the assignment until you master. I have read so many SQL books, but they never give you projects to practice what you have learned. It has solidified my knowledge on SQL. It covers exhaustively what you would expect in a working environment. However, I just missed the stored procedures, but has Views which close to stored procedures. Please get a copy if you need to start off learning SQL or polish your knowledge. I have given it a five stars.

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So happy I grabbed a copy of this. Much easier than having a buch of forum pages open

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The free promotional items the company offers you just for acquiring this product by yourself make it definitely worth the five stars I have offered it, as well as the product is amazing. I should start by remembering that I gotten this product about 5 days ago and I am currently halfway done with it. This is not a guide that explains the very essentials of pc programming and assumes that you already have a fundamental grasp of your fundamentals including arrays you definitely should if you are even slightest little bit interested in discovering SQL. It begins by teaching you in regards to what the program is, how it has become a highly valued skill on the planet, and why it is a far better programming language than others. It can make a terminology that most men and women consider very advanced and more and more difficult the more you employ it very simple to grasp in a way that could potentially change your entire career. I am not much of a computer science expert myself and have only a basic idea of programming language, mostly java, but I surely could read this reserve and comprehend almost all of it without a difficulty. My pc science buddies are even surprised by just how much I managed to learn about this programming words that they think about impossible in such a short amount of time. I highly recommend this product if you have any attention at all in mastering a new coding language or maybe giving on your own another ability because they help it become very simple to learn. Disclosure: I received the product for free or on a promo discount for my sincere review and are generally 100% my very own opinions. Nonetheless everyone has their very own opinion on this product. I did not obtain payment aside from receiving the item at a cheaper rate and so i am not essential to give a good review. I understand how important my reviews are to people who are thinking about buying the product, because everyone ought to be looking at reviews just before they invest in a product. Things I include is what I actually take into account the product and my opinion by itself. My critiques accurately mirror my views on this product and then any 5 star product I might recommend to both my friends and family as well as purchase at full value. This disclosure is in line with the Federal Business Commission?s Guidelines on Testimony and Advertising. I provide genuine reviews that describe the merchandise it entirety both the positive and downsides (if there are any). [...]!

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Nick G

It's OK as a basic guide, but effectively a better edited version of microsoft's examples, with added cheesy sales promo

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on February 27, 2018

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On the positive side, there are good, simple, easy to follow examples of most key "how to get started" SQL questions. So this is a good way to get a clear set of examples including example tables of how queries work etc. However, many examples move in one step from dead simple to pretty complex, and the intermediate steps are not clear.
This isn't an easy subject to simplify, and as a basic guide it's OK, but I only gave it 3 stars because of the cheesy sales process related to the so called "online assets" the publishers push you to download.
This is really cheeky, as the link simply pushes their training services, and directs you to a Microsoft SQL resources website, to download a readily available microsoft SQL training database. Will never touch their stuff again.

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Avoid

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on May 25, 2021

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Poorly written, lack of sql content deemed as basic. There is a number of mistakes in the book that will likely confuse and discourage a number of readers who are about to start their db journey. Therefore I cannot recommend this book to anyone, and certainly not at this price.

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Charlotte Grey

Great book, worth the money!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on February 15, 2021

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Simple to follow along and well-written. I work with data every day as part of my job and would say that it's helpful for both beginners and experts looking to brush up on SQL and understanding of relational databases. Well worth the money spent.

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Very Short Book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on October 14, 2019

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Very Very basic, very short. Find something else dont spend your money on this!

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Sam

Great book for beginners, very precise and simple to understand.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on February 16, 2021

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Excellent book for beginners

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