Synopsis
Head First SQL is ideally meant for somebody who wants an introduction to SQL. What really makes it an interesting read is the usage of geek humour thoroughly infused in the book. Funny photo captions, amusing exercises, and wordplay and make the idea of teaching something as dry as IT content very enjoyable and blatantly entertaining.
Similar to the lines of the earlier Head First series books, as a reader, one would be put to a different experience for a beginner level technical book. A lot of visuals and graphics have been used to explain topics. For example, to explain how a select statement works, the author hits you with building a dating service to illustrate the points. In order to explain the difference between sub-selects and outer joins, the author drags them out to a symbolic stage and debates over the righteousness of usage. All these elements and outlandish scenarios only make it easier for the reader to remember the information.
The book is ideally meant for somebody who is beginning to learn SQL and also has a chapter explaining the benefits of using a database at the first place. The topics mostly stick to generic SQL commonalities like selects, alter tables, joins, updates, aggregate functions, deletes, ordering, where-clauses, sub-selects, etc. Constraints, views, and some elementary security alarms are touched on, but not in great depths.
The appendices are really a collection of obscure topics that the author calls 'left-overs'. Also, there is a quick section on PHP, GUI tools for database, a list of reticent words and some additional knowhow on data types. The first edition of Head First SQL was published by Shroff/O'Reilly in 2007 and is available in paperback.
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A journey through the language to hardcore database handling, expect to discover, inquire, control, and join your data like a pro by the time you reach the end.
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