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 SQL in a Nutshell

 

Published by: O'REILLY & ASSOCIATES
Author: Kevin Kline
Number of pages: 690
Group: SQL
ISBN: 0596004818/9780596004811
User level: Beginner/Intermediate
Objective: Reference
Date Published: October 2004
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SQL in a Nutshell applies the eminently useful "Nutshell"
format to Structured Query Language (SQL), the elegant--but
complex--descriptive language that is used to create and
manipulate large stores of data. For SQL programmers,
analysts, and database administrators, the new second
edition of SQL in a Nutshell is the essential date language
reference for the world's top SQL database products. SQL in
a Nutshell is a lean, focused, and thoroughly comprehensive
reference for those who live in a deadline-driven world.

This invaluable desktop quick reference drills down and
documents every SQL command and how to use it in both
commercial (Oracle, DB2, and Microsoft SQL Server) and open
source implementations (PostgreSQL, and MySQL). It describes
every command and reference and includes the command syntax
(by vendor, if the syntax differs across implementations), a
clear description, and practical examples that illustrate
important concepts and uses. And it also explains how the
leading commercial and open sources database product
implement SQL. This wealth of information is packed into a
succinct, comprehensive, and extraordinarily easy-to-use
format that covers the SQL syntax of no less than 4
different databases.

When you need fast, accurate, detailed, and up-to-date SQL
information, SQL in a Nutshell, Second Edition will be the
quick reference you'll reach for every time. SQL in a
Nutshell is small enough to keep by your keyboard, and
concise (as well as clearly organized) enough that you can
look up the syntax you need quickly without having to wade
through a lot of useless fluff. You won't want to work on a
project involving SQL without it.