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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.
Great book for a beginnerAugust 18, 2010 N. Sons(Tampa, FL) I took a class on Microsoft Access in college and barely learned a thing. I'm an accountant and in the past year or so I've been using SQL quite a bit to run queries that were created by our IT department. I took an interest in it and began editing some of these queries. Finally I broke down and bought a book. This book taught me many useful tips in the first few chapters. One example is by simply placing an * after SELECT the query results will pull all columns in the table. That tip alone made the book worth it. Now I'm writing my own queries and impressing my IT department in the process.
Fantastic intro bookMay 18, 2010 CaptainProtonX(Philadelphia) 1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I am not kidding when I say I knew NOTHING about SQL prior to getting this book.
Every chapter has been REAL. The information is clean, direct, and the language is level-headed. Ben Forta really targeted the novice and inexperienced SQL user, and he presents each SQL concept in clear usage using a common table across chapters.
It's given me the foundation and courage to move on to more advanced books now. The concepts of SQL where truly a mystery, but I'm no longer in the dark.
I can't thank the author enough, and I can't recommend this book enough if you want to jump into SQL.
Good Quick OverviewApril 6, 2010 MedIT 1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a wonderful little book. It covers the topic quickly giving you a good overview of SQL. While by no means definitive this is a great starting point to google your way to a complete understanding.
The examples given insight into what each SQL feature could be used for in real world settings while highlighting potential pitfalls.
The book is not intended to be a tutorial on database design but dose give a few hints along the way. If you are looking for material on design look else where.
The book does not limit itself to any particular implementation; however, I'd say it provides the least treatment of PostgreSQL and the most of MySQL. This should not really be a major factor as the book is about SQL not RDMS.
Great for the beginnerJanuary 23, 2010 P. M Palmer(Maryland) I bought this book while taking my first database class in college. It is a handy reference for someone beginning databases and SQL. The book does not delve beyond a beginner's level, but it never promises to do so. For the price, it is worth having on your desk.
Excellent Place To StartJanuary 22, 2010 Beth A. Ashman(Shillington, PA United States) I purchased this book to supplement my dbase course. I have never used SQL and thought I would benefit by having an extra book to reference. I highly recommend this book to anyone just getting started with SQL. The author starts with basic statements and builds on them making it easy to understand from the very beginning.
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