Publisher: O'Reilly Media Released: April 2009 Pages: 338
Updated for the latest database management systems -- including MySQL 6.0, Oracle 11g, and Microsoft's SQL Server 2008 -- this introductory guide will get you up and running with SQL quickly. Whether you need to write database applications, perform administrative tasks, or generate reports, Learning SQL, Second Edition, will help you easily master all the SQL fundamentals.
Each chapter presents a self-contained lesson on a key SQL concept or technique, with numerous illustrations and annotated examples. Exercises at the end of each chapter let you practice the skills you learn. With this book, you will: - Move quickly through SQL basics and learn several advanced features
- Use SQL data statements to generate, manipulate, and retrieve data
- Create database objects, such as tables, indexes, and constraints, using SQL schema statements
- Learn how data sets interact with queries, and understand the importance of subqueries
- Convert and manipulate data with SQL's built-in functions, and use conditional logic in data statements
Knowledge of SQL is a must for interacting with data. With Learning SQL, you'll quickly learn how to put the power and flexibility of this language to work. |
- Title:
- Learning SQL, 2nd Edition
- By:
- Alan Beaulieu
- Publisher:
- O'Reilly Media
- Formats:
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- Print
- Ebook
- Safari Books Online
- Print:
- April 2009
- Ebook:
- April 2009
- Pages:
- 338
- Print ISBN:
- 978-0-596-52083-0
- | ISBN 10:
- 0-596-52083-2
- Ebook ISBN:
- 978-0-596-80219-6
- | ISBN 10:
- 0-596-80219-6
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Alan Beaulieu Alan Beaulieu has been designing, building, and implementing custom database applications for over 13 years. He currently runs his own consulting company that specializes in designing Oracle databases and supporting services in the fields of Financial Services and Telecommunications. In building large databases for both OLTP and OLAP environments, Alan utilizes such Oracle features as Parallel Query, Partitioning, and Parallel Server. Alan has a Bachelor of Science degree in Operations Research from the Cornell University School of Engineering. He lives in Massachusetts with his wife and two daughters and can be reached at albeau_mosql@yahoo.com. View Alan Beaulieu's full profile page. |
Colophon The animal on the cover of Learning SQL, Second Edition, is an Andean marsupial tree frog (Gastrotheca riobambae). As its name suggests, this crepuscular and nocturnal frog is native to the western slopes of the Andes mountains and is widely distributed from the Riobamba basin to Ibarra in the north. During courtship, the male calls ("wraaack-ack-ack") to attract a female. If a gravid female is attracted to him, he climbs onto her back and performs a common frog mating hold called the nuptial amplexus. As the eggs emerge from the female's cloaca, the male catches the eggs with his feet and fertilizes them while maneuvering them into a pouch on the female's back. A female may incubate an average of 130 eggs, and development in the pouch lasts between 60 and 120 days. During incubation, swelling becomes visible, and lumps appear beneath the skin on the female's back. When the tadpoles emerge from the pouch, the female tree frog deposits them into the water. Within two or three months the tadpoles metamorphose into froglets, and at seven months they are ready to mate ("wraaaack-ack-ack"). Both the male and female tree frog have expanded digital discs on their fingers and toes that help them climb vertical surfaces such as trees. Adult males reach 2 inches in length, while females reach 2.5 inches. Sometimes they are green, sometimes brown, and sometimes a combination of green and brown. The color of the juveniles may change from brown to green as they grow. |
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