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Title: SQL for Dummies by Allen G. Taylor ISBN: 0-7645-4075-0 Publisher: For Dummies Pub. Date: 28 July, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 2.87 (23 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: All that it claims to be
Comment: I like to start off projects with simple concepts and a few examples to get off the ground. Well this book does just that. Unfortunately I would also like to have some example of input and output. I chose this book because it was not database specific, as I am converting files from an Informix database, through a filter, to a flat file, for later conversion to an Oracle database, with a different structure. Unfortunately this book (being universal) has no universal explanation as to how to get information from a flat file in or out of the database. First you have to find the term they use, not ASCII, not flat, not import, not export, not not not. The term is found in chapter 7 "foreign." The explanation on how to do this is to "...turn to one of the professional data translation services." Great, just what I wanted to know.
Rating: 5
Summary: Its Great
Comment: This book was just a good as my University's suggested text book. If you need to know something regarding SQL, it is IN HERE. Definitely worth checking out, you won't have regret or be disappointed.
Rating: 1
Summary: Want to learn SQL? Find some other book.
Comment: .
I worked with SQL some years ago and bought this book as a refresher. I've used only one other "dummy" book and that was "ASP for Dummies" and found it so excellent for a subject I was NOT familiar with that I figured getting one of the same series on a subject for which I just needed to refresh previous knowledge was a no-brainer.
I was wrong; I've put this book aside and ordered the "SQL: Visual Quickstart guide" (haven't read it yet, so no verdict yet). I've used this series to learn Dreamweaver MX and found it exceptional.
The "SQL for Dummies" book seems to have lost track of its intended audience. The examples are arcane and overly complex. Often, when a SQL statement is presented, it's not fully explained. Excruciatingly often, the author states he'll explain something later when the situation cries for (at least) a quick explanation NOW.
The author is obviously expert in the subject, but presents the material as one who forgets that in his explanation the reader may not have the same background nor is able to read the author's mind to fill in the gaps the author has not shared with the reader.
With no offense intended for the author, this reader, at least, recommends you look for another tutorial for learning SQL.
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Title: Sams Teach Yourself SQL in 10 Minutes (2nd Edition) by Ben Forta ISBN: 0672321289 Publisher: SAMS Pub. Date: 26 April, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.99 |
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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: Database Development for Dummies by Allen G. Taylor ISBN: 0764507524 Publisher: For Dummies Pub. Date: December, 2000 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
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Title: Crystal Reports 9 for Dummies by Allen G. Taylor ISBN: 0764516418 Publisher: For Dummies Pub. Date: 02 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
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Title: Oracle9i for Dummies by Carol McCullough-Dieter, Ned Dana ISBN: 0764508806 Publisher: For Dummies Pub. Date: 15 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $29.99 |
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