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Summary: well written, but not all that useful by itself
Comment: This book is a good intro into what SQL can do and how it's used today, but it's important to realize that it's really just an intro. Forta covers pretty much all the main topics, but he really only gives a brief synopsis of each one followed by one or maybe two examples. So if you want to learn SQL, this book alone is almost pointless to buy. It's just far too surface level. However, if you use this book to get acquainted with what SQL can do and then base further purchases off what you've learned in it, you'll probably do quite well. This book is very easy to read, pretty comprehensive (though not very deep), and certainly worth the "money" you'll pay for it. However, you'll definitely need to buy other books. I recommend SQL Queries for Mere Mortals by Hernandez. While that book really only covers query related issues (joins, unions, inner queries, etc.), it covers the topics pretty deeply and gives lots of good examples. I'm giving this book 3 stars because it delivers what it claims but by itself is just not all that useful.
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Summary: Not too bad
Comment: I liked this book, however I think that the title is a bit misleading...It does take longer than ten minutes to get this baby cracked. Cheers Graham F French ...
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Summary: The best book for beginners
Comment: I bought this book a couple of years ago when I was cramming for a job interview (I didn't get the job; no reflection on the book). This is absolutely the best introduction to SQL (the language) I have ever read.
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Summary: Very good to get you started and teach you the basics
Comment: No need for a long review as I agree with the others. I'm a project manager and learning SQL because I need it for some development work I'm completing. Spend a weekend reading this book and you'll be productive with SQL. It won't teach or give you examples of complex queries, but it will get you started. And it's proved useful as a reference several times already. Some of the best money I've spent...
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Summary: As simple as it sounds
Comment: This is a thin reference book, actually. The name is somewhat misleading in that there are no exercises generally associated with "Teach yourself X in Y time" type books. Although I don't work extensively with databases, it's a good reference book to recall how to structure queries in a manner that's simple and straightforward.
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