Sams teach yourself SQL in 24 hours
A reader's first book for learning SQL, the structured query language for most major database systems. Teaches SQL quickly and easily for those with little or no programming experience. The end user's path to proficiency in SQL. New code examples written to an open source database like MySQL; avoids complexity and teaches practical basics. Sams Teach Yourself SQL in 24 Hours, Third Edition presents the key features of SQL (Structured Query Language) in an easy to understand format with updated code examples, notes, diagrams, exercises and quizzes. New material covers more information on transactions, constructs, embedded databases, and object-oriented programming. In this edition, the authors include examples based on a database like MySQL, a very popular open source database. Ryan Stephens and Ron Plew are President and Vice President of Perpetual Technologies, Inc, where their duties include Oracle® database administration and consulting and training in Oracle, SQL and UNIX. They have both been teaching at the college level for over five years as adjunct professors at Indiana University-Purdue University in Indianapolis. Both are Oracle Certified Professionals. Ryan and Ron have co-authored the following successful books: Sams Teach Yourself SQL in 24 Hours, Second Edition, 0672318997, Sams, 3/00, and Sams Teach Yourself SQL in 21 Days, Third Edition, 0672316749, Sams, 12/99.
