A Guide to SQL / Edition 8

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Overview

This comprehensive reference to SQL teaches basic familiarity with SQL programming using straightforward instruction and hands-on projects. All screenshots and examples have been updated to Oracle 8i to provide the most current coverage possible. Two NEW appendices provide handy references for Oracle Commands and Tasks.
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Philip J. Pratt is Professor Emeritus of Mathematics and Computer Science at Grand Valley State University, where he taught for 33 years. His teaching interests include database management, systems analysis, complex analysis, and discrete mathematics. He has authored over 75 textbooks, including coauthoring three levels of Microsoft Office Access 2013 books for the Shelly Cashman Series and A Guide to SQL.

Mary Z. Last has taught computer information systems since 1984. She retired from the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, Belton, TX where she was an Associate Professor and the Director of the Center for Effectiveness in Learning and Teaching. Mary is actively involved in the Computing Educator's Oral History Project that encourages young women to pursue careers in math and science. She has been a contributing author to the Shelly Cashman Series since 1992 and also authors many instructor resources for database texts.

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Table of Contents

Preface
1 Introduction to Database Management 1
2 An Introduction to SQL 17
3 Single-Table Queries 43
4 Multiple-Table Queries 73
5 Updating Data 99
6 Database Administration 117
7 Reports 151
8 Embedded SQL 173
A SQL Reference 201
B "How do I" Reference 217
C: Answers to Odd-Numbered Exercises 221
Index 251
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