Learn SQL in Three Days

Overview

Learn SQL in Three Days is an introductory overview to the popular structured query language that is ideally suited for programmers who have some experience with relational database software, but no specific experience with SQL. Database expert José A. Ramalho provides the reader with the fundamentals of standard SQL appropriate for beginners using any particular SQL database including creating database objects such as tables, indexes, and views; using expressions and operators; maintaining and joining tables; and creating queries and subqueries. Features that make this book appropriate for the SQL beginner include review questions at the end of each chapter to test your newfound knowledge and a summary of functions, commands, and data types for several of the most popular SQL dialects. The companion CD-ROM contains a 60-day trial version of SQLBase from Centura Software Corporation; an evaluation copy of Advantage Database Server 5.7 from Extended Systems; and a sample database used in the chapter examples.

Author Biography: José A. Ramalho has 18 years of publishing and consulting experience in the computer industry and has written more than 70 books published in Portuguese, English, and Spanish. He is the best-selling computer book author in Brazil and a columnist for the Brazilian newspaper Folha de Sao Paulo. His titles for Wordware include Learn SQL and Learn Microsoft SQL Server 7.0. END.

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