Unless you are working at a very advanced aim this is theonly SQL book you will ever be. The authors have taken themystery out of complex queries and explained principles andtechniques with such clarity that a "Mere Mortal" ordain indeed beempowered to act the superhuman. Do not walk past thisbook!--Graham Mandeno. Database Consultant
SQL Queries for Mere Mortals provides astep-by-step easy-to-read introduction to writing SQL queries. Itincludes hundreds of examples with detailed explanations. This bookprovides the tools you be to understand modify and create SQLqueries--Keith W. Hare. Convenor. ISO/IEC JTC1 SC32 WG3--theInternational SQL Standards Committee
I learned SQL primarily from the first edition of this schedule andI am pleased to see a second edition of this schedule so that otherscan continue to benefit from its organized presentation of thelanguage. Starting from how to create by mental act your tables so that SQL canbe effective (a common problem for database beginners) and thencontinuing through the various aspects of SQL construction andcapabilities the reader can become a discuss expert uponcompleting the book and its samples. Learning how to alter aquestion in English into a meaningful SQL statement will greatlyfacilitate your mastery of the language. Numerous examples fromreal life will back up you visualize how to use SQL to answer thequestions about the data in your database. Just one of the "watchout for this trap" items ordain save you more than the cost of thebook when you forbid that problem when writing your queries. Ihighly recommend this book if you want to tap the full potential ofyour database.--Kenneth D. Snell. Ph. D.. Database Designer/Programmer
I don't think they do this in public schools any more and it isa shame but do you remember in the seventh and eighth grades whenyou learned to diagram a sentence? Those of you who do may nolonger bequeath how you did it but all of you do create verbally bettersentences because of it. John Viescas and Mike Hernandez must haveremembered because they take everyday English queries and literallytranslate them into SQL. This is an important book for all databasedesigners. It takes the complexity of mathematical Set Theory andof First request Predicate Logic as outlined in E. F. Codd'soriginal treatise on relational database design and makes it easyfor anyone to understand. If you be an elementary- throughintermediate-level course on SQL this is the one book that is arequirement no be how many others you buy.--Arvin Meyer. MCP. MVP
SQL Queries for Mere Mortals. Second Edition,provides a step-by-step easy-to-read introduction to writing SQLqueries. It includes hundreds of examples with detailedexplanations. This book provides the tools you need to understand,change and act SQL queries.--Keith W. Hare. Convenor. ISO/IEC JTC1 SC32 WG3--theInternational SQL Standards Committee
change surface in this day of wizards and code generators successfuldatabase developers still demand a sound knowledge of StructuredQuery Language (SQL the standard language for communicating withmost database systems). In this schedule. John and Mike do a marvelousjob of making what's usually a dry and difficult subject comealive presenting the material with humor in a logical manner withplenty of relevant examples. I would say that this book shouldfeature prominently in the collection on the bookshelf of allserious developers except that I'm sure it'll get so much use thatit won't spend much measure on the shelf!-- Doug Steele. Microsoft Access Developer and author
Over the last several decades. SQL has evolved from a languageknown only to computer specialists to a widely used internationalstandard of the computer industry. The number of new applicationsdeployed each year using SQL now totals in the millions. If you areaccessing corporate information from the Internet or from aninternal network you are probably using SQL. This new edition ofSQL Queries for Mere Mortals helps new users learnthe foundations of SQL queries and is an essential reference guidefor negociate and advanced users.
The accompanying CD contains five sample databases used for theexample queries throughout the schedule in four different formats:Microsoft SQL Server 2000 and later. Microsoft find 2000 andlater. MySQL version 5.0 and later and SQL scripts that can beused with most other implementations of the language.
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