Learning SQL

Alan Beaulieu

ISBN 10: 0596520832 / ISBN 13: 9780596520830

Published by O'Reilly Media, 2009

About this Item

Covering database management systems - including MySQL 6.0, Oracle 11g, and Microsoft's SQL Server 2008 - this book helps you master the SQL fundamentals. It also helps you move quickly through SQL basics and learn several advanced features as well as use SQL data statements to generate, manipulate, and retrieve data.

Seller Inventory # 00109676617

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Learning SQL
• Publisher: O'Reilly Media
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0596520832
• ISBN 13: 9780596520830
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Good

About this title

Synopsis

Updated for the latest database management systems -- including MySQL 6.0, Oracle 11g, and Microsoft's SQL Server 2008 -- this introductory guide will get you up and running with SQL quickly. Whether you need to write database applications, perform administrative tasks, or generate reports, Learning SQL, Second Edition, will help you easily master all the SQL fundamentals.

Each chapter presents a self-contained lesson on a key SQL concept or technique, with numerous illustrations and annotated examples. Exercises at the end of each chapter let you practice the skills you learn. With this book, you will:

• Move quickly through SQL basics and learn several advanced features
• Use SQL data statements to generate, manipulate, and retrieve data
• Create database objects, such as tables, indexes, and constraints, using SQL schema statements
• Learn how data sets interact with queries, and understand the importance of subqueries
• Convert and manipulate data with SQL's built-in functions, and use conditional logic in data statements

Knowledge of SQL is a must for interacting with data. With Learning SQL, you'll quickly learn how to put the power and flexibility of this language to work.

About the Author

Alan Beaulieu has been designing, building, and implementing custom database applications for over 13 years. He currently runs his own consulting company that specializes in designing Oracle databases and supporting services in the fields of Financial Services and Telecommunications. In building large databases for both OLTP and OLAP environments, Alan utilizes such Oracle features as Parallel Query, Partitioning, and Parallel Server. Alan has a Bachelor of Science degree in Operations Research from the Cornell University School of Engineering. He lives in Massachusetts with his wife and two daughters.