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Summary: A Good Introduction and Quick Reference
Comment: Structured Query Language (SQL), if it is a foreign tongue to you, after reading this book carefully, you'll speak SQL. From the start, the author explains the purpose of the language, to query relational databases, and he also defines what relational databases are. He covers how databases are tables of data containing columns and rows. In a well-organized sequence of chapters, he describes how each SQL command affects those rows and columns. My suggestion with the text is to divide its reading into two parts. If you're new to computer programming, read Chapters 1-16, then try an online free SQL tutorial on the Web for awhile. Once you get comfortable with searching for data, come back and do the last chapters, which have a programming emphasis. With constant practice, SQL programming can become straightforward and quick for you. The book has clear descriptions and is useful for the newcomer to SQL.
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Summary: Absolutely Fabulous Lesson in SQL
Comment: If you are new to Database Application Design/Web Based Application Design, as I am, you will find this title most helpful in getting you off the ground. I bought this book in hopes that it would help me build SQL statements into my ASP pages, and it has done that and more. This book is an easy read and very clearly explains the basic concepts of the SQL language, techniques, capabilities, etc. It also offers a concise look into the way databases are designed and how they function. The book does a wonderful job of remaining non-proprietary, and is quick to point out when you are learning something that is specific to one Database Management System or another. This is a wonderful little book to add to your reference library if you wish to spend little and learn tons.
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Summary: Not bad at all
Comment: Despite the type-Os, this book is pretty good for anyone new to SQL, it's a good kind of get your foot in the door book. The chapters are short and to the point, that's the difference from this and other books, no long winded explanations and nothing to confusing, very brief.
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Summary: One the best learn in a hurry books you will find
Comment: Several years ago, I taught myself SQL by slogging slowly through a teach yourself book. While I did learn it, the process was one of struggle. In the years since then, I have examined many additional SQL books, targeted at different levels. However, when it comes to books designed for the person who needs to achieve reasonable competence in a short time, this is one of the best. I mean this to include more than SQL, but to encompass all quick and dirty learning books in general. While the pace is fast, the coverage is such that all of the introductory main points are covered in the proper ways. The inclusion of the ten minutes in the title would appear to be a bit of marketing hype, but that is not the case. Each of the lessons takes about ten minutes to go through, making it one of the most efficient learning materials you will ever find.
While the material is presented as examples, this is not an explicit hands on book. Each example is presented, along with a listing of the expected results. However, the example database and source code are available for download from the companion web site.
Occasionally, you encounter an educational book that just seems to hit on all cylinders. This is such a book and it will give you the knowledge to start using SQL in a very short time.
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Summary: Great Companion
Comment: This is an excellent book for reference. Isn't much for just reading through, but if you are not a prof. DBA and you can't remember just what the syntax for a specific type of "XXXX" then this book is in-valuable in helping you quickly get back to work.
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