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The Classic SQL Tutorial: Fully Updated for Today’s Standards and Today’s Top Databases For twenty years, van der Lans’ Introduction to SQL has been the definitive SQL tutorial for database professionals everywhere, regardless of experience or platform. Now van der Lans has systematically updated this classic guide to reflect the latest SQL standards and the newest versions of today’s leading RDBMSs: Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, DB2, and MySQL.   Using case study examples and hands-on exercises, van der Lans illuminates every key SQL concept, technique, and statement. Drawing on decades of experience as an SQL standards team member and enterprise consultant, he reveals exactly why SQL works as it does–and how to get the most out of it. You’ll gain powerful insight into everything from basic queries to stored procedures, transactions to data security. Whether you’re a programmer or DBA, a student or veteran, this book will take you from “apprentice” to true SQL master.   Writing queries and updating data: all you need to know about SELECT   Working with joins, functions, and subqueries   Creating database objects: tables, indexes, views, and more   Specifying keys and other integrity constraints   Using indexes to improve efficiency   Enforcing security via passwords and privileges   Building stored procedures and triggers   Developing with embedded SQL and ODBC   Working with transactions, including rollbacks, savepoints, isolation levels, and more   Optimizing performance by reformulating SQL statements   Using object-relational features: subtables, references, sets, and user-defined data types   Reference section: SQL statement definitions and SQL function lists

Table of Contents:
About the Author   xix Preface   xxi Part 1   Introduction    1 1  Introduction to SQL    3 2  The Tennis Club Sample Database    31 3  Installing the Software    41 4  SQL in a Nutshell    67 Part 2   Querying and Updating Data    95 5  SELECT Statement: Common Elements    97 6  SELECT Statements, Table Expressions, and Subqueries    155 7  SELECT Statement: The FROM Clause    185 8  SELECT Statement: The WHERE Clause    241 9  SELECT Statement: SELECT Clause and Aggregation Functions    339 10  SELECT Statement: The GROUP BY Clause    377 11  SELECT Statement: The HAVING Clause    421 12  SELECT Statement: The ORDER BY Clause    429 13  Combining Table Expressions    443 14  Updating Tables    469 Part 3   Creating Database Objects    485 15  Creating Tables    487 16  Specifying Integrity Constraints   515 17  Character Sets and Collating Sequences    535 18  Changing and Dropping Tables    553 19  Designing Tables    565 20  Using Indexes    579 21  Views    611 22  Creating Databases   635 23  Users and Data Security    641 24  Creating Sequences    665 25  Creating Schemas   681 Part 4   Programming with SQL    685 26  Introduction to Embedded SQL    687 27  Transactions and Multi-User Usage    725 28  Introduction to ODBC    745 29  Optimization of Statements   783 Part 5         Procedural Database Objects   803 30  Stored Procedures   805 31  Stored Functions    847 32  Triggers    853 Part 6   Object Relational Concepts    871 33  User-Defined Data Types, Functions, and Operators    873 34  Inheritance, References, and Collections    889 35  The Future of SQL    909 Appendix A   Syntax of SQL    911 Appendix B   Scalar Functions    953 Appendix C   Bilbiography    999 Index    1003    

About the Author :
Rick F. van der Lans is an independent consultant, author, and lecturer specializing in database technology, SQL, and data warehousing. He is managing director of R20/Consultancy. He has been a member of the Dutch ISO committee responsible for developing the SQL standard. For the past 20 years, he has taught SQL classes to thousands of attendees. His popular books, including Introduction to SQL and The SQL Guide to Oracle, have been translated into various languages and have sold more than 100,000 copies. Rick is an internationally acclaimed lecturer. Throughout has career, he has lectured in many European countries, South America, USA, and Australia. You can contact Rick via email at sql@r20.nl.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780321305961
  • Publisher: Pearson Education (US)
  • Publisher Imprint: Addison-Wesley Educational Publishers Inc
  • Height: 230 mm
  • No of Pages: 1064
  • Spine Width: 45 mm
  • Weight: 1473 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0321305965
  • Publisher Date: 05 Oct 2006
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Mastering the Relational Database Language
  • Width: 180 mm


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