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Title: Sams Teach Yourself SQL in 10 Minutes (2nd Edition) by Ben Forta ISBN: 0-672-32128-9 Publisher: SAMS Pub. Date: 26 April, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.67 (88 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Get up to speed quickly and have an excellent reference
Comment: I absolutely love this book. I'm fairly new to relational databases and SQL, and I can say quite honestly that this is one book that never leaves my computer's side. Any time I have to write a query that goes beyond simple SELECTs, I turn to Forta's book because it offers quick, concise, and useful information on getting the job done.
I've had the book for about 4 months and so far, I've been able to get answers that I can apply usefully in just minutes. It's worth repeating that I'm fairly new to all this, so my demands aren't necessarily all that great.
A word of caution to other database beginners: This is ***NOT*** a beginning book on databases. Forta offers about 5 pages on database rudiments, which won't be nearly enough unless you've been exposed to the material before. For instance, if you're not familiar with the term "normalization" or the ideas behind "one-to-many" or "many-to-many" relationships, you should bone up on your basics first.
If you need to learn about database basics (especially if you're using MS Access), I'd recommend "Inside Relational Databases" by Whitehorn and Marklyn.
Rating: 3
Summary: Good as a basic intro, but don't depend solely on this book
Comment: This book is clearly aimed at the beginning SQL programmer with little or no knowledge of relational databases. It's a good intro that will quickly get the reader up to speed at writing some very simple queries and updates on an existing database.
However, in working with other programmers, I've learned that it's true about a little knowledge being a dangerous thing. If your only knowledge of SQL and relational databases comes from this book, you're in danger of missing out on some very basic information, such as how to normalize a database or perform an outer join.
If you learn SQL from this book, you'll quickly want to get another book on SQL that's more complete to fill you in on this missing critical information. Unless for some reason you need to start programming in SQL as soon as possible (in other words, before you understand what you're doing), just skip this book and buy just the more complete book.
Rating: 4
Summary: Very good reference and easy to read book.
Comment: I am new to SQL and bought this book because of the "10 minutes" fast learning part. It does deliver what it promises. It is easy to read with very good hands-on examples. I downloaded the examples from the authors website and is using MS Query to test the examples. If you want to learn the basics of SQL and start being productive in no time, this is a great book.
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Title: SQL for Dummies by Allen G. Taylor ISBN: 0764540750 Publisher: For Dummies Pub. Date: 28 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
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Title: SQL Queries for Mere Mortals: A Hands-On Guide to Data Manipulation in SQL by Michael J. Hernandez, John L. Viescas ISBN: 0201433362 Publisher: Pearson Educational Pub. Date: 21 August, 2000 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
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Title: SQL in a Nutshell: A Desktop Quick Reference by Kevin Kline ISBN: 1565927443 Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates Pub. Date: 01 December, 2000 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Sams Teach Yourself Microsoft SQL Server 2000 in 21 Days (2nd Edition, Book Only) by Richard Waymire, Rick Sawtell ISBN: 0672324695 Publisher: SAMS Pub. Date: 07 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $39.99 |
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Title: SQL: The Complete Reference, Second Edition by James R Groff, Paul N. Weinberg ISBN: 0072225599 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media Pub. Date: 28 August, 2002 List Price(USD): $59.99 |
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