The practical SQL handbook: Using structured query language - Softcover

Sandra L. Emerson; Marcy Darnovsky

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0201517388 ISBN 13: 9780201517385

Publisher: Addison-Wesley Pub. Co, 1989

Synopsis

The Practical SQL Handbook is the best-selling guide to learning SQL, the standard language for accessing information in relational databases. This book not only teaches SQL as it has been established by ANSI standards committees but also as the language is used to solve real business problems. You'll learn step-by-step the basic vocabulary and functions of the language and the processes and issues involved in developing robust applications. This book provides a thorough grounding in the basics of database design, security, and integrity. You will learn SQL pragmatically, by creating a sample database and then working through dozens of examples with it. Fully updated to cover the ANSI SQL '92 standard, the third edition of The Practical SQL Handbook includes a cookbook of specific solutions, ready-to-use code, and general strategies for common business database challenges. Find out how to: *create and use views *use and apply subqueries *join tables for comprehensive data analysis *handle null values *create reports using groups and aggregate functions Bonus CD-ROM -- Get Hands-On Practice Using SQL!The CD-ROM includes the Windows 3.x , Windows 95, and Windows NT versions of the SybaseA (R) 3.0 SQL AnywhereaA A Runtime, a full-featured SQL database. 0201447878B04062001

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Review:

This superb text explains Structured Query Language (SQL) simply without being condescending and deeply without being obscure. From its early chapters about relational database theory to its superb coverage of transaction management, this book is informative and easy to follow.

The authors begin by explaining how to design efficient data structures, an important part of database management. From there, they discuss how to populate a database with pieces of data and then explain how to construct queries that extract needed information. Throughout, the text is filled with statements, code, and output--and even common SQL errors. You ought to be able to follow along on any ANSI SQL 92-compliant system as you read this book.

Later chapters cover reports, joins, views, subqueries, and security. The authors explain each from a practical point of view. A section on common business-database tasks (how to specify decimal precision, for example) confirms this point of view. A good glossary exists in the back of this book, and a comprehensive table documents the differences among Sybase, Microsoft, Informix, and Oracle SQL command sets. The companion CD-ROM contains the Sybase SQL Anywhere Studio software, which ordinarily requires a 15-megabyte download marathon. --David Wall

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About this edition

• Publisher: Addison-Wesley Pub. Co
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0201517388
• ISBN 13: 9780201517385
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 393