Softcover

ISBN 10: 0130143251 ISBN 13: 9780130143259

Publisher: Prentice Hall Ptr, 1992

SQL is a standard language used for accessing relational databases. Its major advantages are its straightforward syntax and its efficiency and cost-effectiveness in interrogating databases. This book provides a clear and detailed account of SQL and includes many easy-to-follow examples of SQL usage. Advanced users of SQL will find the section on problem solving especially useful. Full details are provided of the ANSI standard SQL, with an overview of implementations in Oracle, Ingres and dBASE IV.

From the Publisher:

A how-to-book on SQL, a tutorial for beginners but also an insightful book for experienced SQL programmers. It contains 270 new programming examples, all designed to answer the question, How-to-do this from the simple to the more complex. Case studies show various SQL trade-offs. Differences between Crack, dBase IV, and Ingres are noted. How SQL works in Crack, Ingres and dBase IV.