Sams Teach Yourself SQL in 10 Minutes (3rd Edition) (Sams Teach Yourself) | 
 enlarge | Author: Ben Forta
Publisher: Sams
Category: Book
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Media: Paperback
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Pages: 256
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Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 5.4 x 0.7
ISBN: 0672325675
Dewey Decimal Number: 005.7565
UPC: 752063325674
EAN: 9780672325670
ASIN: 0672325675
Publication Date: April 10, 2004
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Sams Teach Yourself SQL in 10 Minutes has established itself as the gold standard for introductory SQL books, offering a fast-paced accessible tutorial to the major themes and techniques involved in applying the SQL language. Forta's examples are clear and his writing style is crisp and concise. As with earlier editions, this revision includes coverage of current versions of all major commercial SQL platforms. New this time around is coverage of MySQL, and PostgreSQL. All examples have been tested against each SQL platform, with incompatibilities or platform distinctives called out and explained.
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 Everything you need to know. October 23, 2008
I bought this book to improve my knowledge in Access since it uses SQL for it's queries. Great and quick way to learn the language. The book is organized in a such a way that you will build a strong foundations in less than 30 minutes.
Best Book For Beginners! September 20, 2008
This book is excellent! I am a Web developer who has seen SQL code from other developers in my sites for years. I didn't understand any of it. I bought this book in the hopes of being able to work with database information myself.
In just a few minutes of reading the book, the light suddenly came on and everything became much clearer! I am happily writing my own SQL scripts now and I went through half the book in one night and the other half the next day! I've never learned so quickly from a book.
I especially appreciated that the author provides links to the SQL scripts you'll need throughout the course. And the appendix that described how to execute the scripts depending on which database you are using is fantastic!
If you need to learn SQL quickly this is THE book for you.
Clear, Informative, and Useful September 15, 2008
The book builds on the concepts of using SQL linearly, and quite well. There is almost no point where the author must reference a future concept in order to cover the current topic. The book was logically arragned, easy to read, and successfully taught me how to query an SQL database.
The final few chapters moved a little too fast, and didn't really teach how to accomplish the more in depth topics of transactions and procedures, but they were well explained at a high level.
Everything the Title Promises August 13, 2008
The book is clear, specific, and everything I needed to introduce myself to the ins and outs of structured query language. It has 22 chapters, each introducing, and providing specific examples of progressively advanced sql commands and techniques.
It also provides short cut tips, and points out common errors for you to avoid. I'm sure I'll be using this as a great quick reference until I master sql commands when doing data analysis.
Highly recommended.
Precisely what it promises to be: an introduction to SQL May 26, 2008
Ben Forta has a commendable honesty about him. He explains the intent of his books clearly in their Introductions and then proceeds to deliver just that. In this instance, Forta is clear that the book is for those new to SQL and who quickly want to learn how to get the most out of SQL. He is equally clear that the book does not cover every last aspect of SQL.
The book is becoming a bit long in tooth since it has not been updted since 2004. DBMSs covered are IBM DB2, Microsoft Access, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL (Version 4), Oracle, PostgreSQL, Sybase Adaptive Server. Some of the information is now outdated and MySQL v5 has added new capabilities. On the whole, though, everything Forta presents here is still usable.
In 22 chapters, Forta teaches the reader the basics of SQL, more than enough to deal with perhaps 80% or more of common SQL requirements. Beyond that and you're in the realm of system architects and administrators who are simply not the audience for this book.
Be sure to download the sample databases and errata from the author's website.
On the whole, one of the best introductions to SQL available.
Jerry
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