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The Amazon Store at MillionDollarPetPix.com ( In association with Amazon.com )SQL Queries for Mere Mortals(R): A Hands-On Guide to Data Manipulation in SQL List Price: $59.99 Amazon.com's Price: $47.03 You Save: $12.96 (22%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 005.756 EAN: 9780201433364 ISBN: 0201433362 Label: Addison-Wesley Professional Manufacturer: Addison-Wesley Professional Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 528 Publication Date: August 31, 2000 Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional Studio: Addison-Wesley Professional Related Items:
Editorial Review: Amazon.com Review: To the people who are accomplished in its use, Structured Query Language (SQL) is a highly capable, eminently flexible, even beautiful way of describing the data that you want from a database, or the changes that you want to make to a database. For the rest of us, however, SQL is a first-class nuisance that we do our best to avoid by relying on relatively user-friendly--but usually less powerful--tools. SQL Queries for Mere Mortals aims to bring SQL-phobes closer to the first camp by tutoring them carefully in what SQL can do. The authors recognize that SQL queries usually come about as a result of questions from human beings, and so usefully spend a fair bit of time showing how to convert, say, "In what cities do our customers live?" into, "Select city from the customers table" and, finally, "SELECT city FROM customers" in SQL. They call this the "translation and clean up" process, and it's a fine approach. They don't press it too far, however, and are equally adept at presenting straight explanations of SQL syntax elements in prose. They spend a lot of energy graphically diagramming aspects of SQL syntax in a format that requires some up-front study. A particular reader might prefer text capsules to this arrow-intensive format, but other learners might like the graphical syntax diagrams. --David Wall Topics covered: ANSI SQL/92 for people who need to use it to make queries against business databases. The authors introduce one or two syntax elements at a time--SELECT, WHERE, JOIN, UNION, and so on--and cover data extraction, data insertion, filtering, joins, calculations, and other capabilities of generic SQL. Product Description: Helps new users learn the foundations of SQL queries, and will prove to be an essential reference guide for intermediate and advanced users. Softcover. DLC: SQL (Computer program language). Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Great- Very simple and Easy to UnderstandGreat book. I have several on SQL and find this to be the most simplest, easy to understand text on using the SQL language. It is a book on SQL independent of any rdbms application versions, which means it may reference or explain items not relevant or in use for your application. Other than that- I found it to be a very easy and enjoyable read. I would definitely recommend this book as a required reference text for beginning SQL programmers. Rating: - AWESOME BOOKThis book is very well written. It is very intuitive for both persons who want to spice up their query knowledge and/or those who need a refresher. Having been away from SQL for a while it was a good "crash" course refresher. I highly recommend it. ----- Rating: - SQL Queries for Mere MortalsSQL Queries for Mere Mortals: A Hands-On Guide to Data Manipulation in SQL I very well written and concise, easy to understand piece of work. Dont be fooled that since it was written for SQL 7 (2000) that the information is outdated and is not valid, it is definately still current infact this lays the foundation for you to understand why SQL Language is important in designing relationship databases such as Microsoft Access (all versions). I would have paid triple the pieces for this ... Read More Rating: - You Won't Be an Overnight Expert, But......you'll be well on your way. I bought this book (and it's database design partner) about six years ago when I started dabbling in databases. It gave me all the knowledge I needed to get started and it was more than enough to pique my interest. You can't stop your SQL learning with this book, but if you use it as a launchpad to learn more, you'll be fine. I've gotten more than a couple of jobs that required database/SQL knowledge in the years since I've read/used this book, but there ... Read More Rating:  - IncredibleI had a year's experience with SQL queries when I purchased this book, but I am so glad that I did. It is by far one of the most useful Comp Science books that I have bought. I do not, however, recommend it to people who need to learn SQL stuff ASAP, because it contains enough information to confuse the Hell out of ya. 
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