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Summary: Unorganised, sparse, and erratic
Comment: This was laying around the office and I needed to pick up SQL so I gave it a whirl. [I would have never have choosen any programming book with the phrase 'in 10 Minutes' in the title! What a crock.]
I typically work in IDL and Perl and need to add a bit of mySQL.
To me reading this book is like trying to follow the path of a running squirrel. It's jumping all over the place. The thoughts are unclear and lack flow. It's supposed to be a primer but in the scatter shot approach it really makes a mess and winds up missing the connection between points.
I'm looking for something better, and it's certain to take longer than 10 minutes.
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Summary: Great Starting Book
Comment: The title is "Teach yourself SOL in 10 minutes" so you should know that this is just a starting book and not a complete explanation of the language. And as a starting book this book is great! If you want to learn how to build multiuser relational databases then I would look for a book that doesn't have "in 10 minutes" in the title, but if your looking to get the jist of SQL then this book is for you. I bought the ebook edition and was able to download it instantly. The author includes links to 2 free database utility's, one of which he wrote, that are worth the price of the ebook alone!
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Summary: Loved it - efficient learning
Comment: I loved this book on SQL. Read it cover-to-cover (including appendices) and found it easy to understand and learn from
very efficiently. The author anticipates the special cases and questions that will occur to the reader following each exposition, and addresses them well. And I appreciated that it had an accompanying web site for downloading the example databases and scripts.
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Summary: Concise and practical
Comment: This is an excellent book for biginners. It is very well written with a good sense of humor. The author's experience is reflected well. The book helped me understand SQL.
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Summary: Concise Introduction to SQL
Comment: This book is a well-written, well-organized, concise introduction to SQL. Each of the 22 lessons takes about 10 minutes to complete. The same files are used throughout and are available from the author's Web site. Using these files and the author's numerous examples, one can learn SQL step-by-step as painlessly as possible.
There is one deficiency, though. Appendix E lists all SQL Reserved Words, but doesn't provide the exact syntax to use (for different DBMS's) or examples. Correcting this would subtantially increase the size of the book but would be extremely useful for reference.
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