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Sams Teach Yourself SQL in 24 Hours (Sams Teach Yourself in 24 Hours)

Sams Teach Yourself SQL in 24 Hours (Sams Teach Yourself in 24 Hours)
By Ryan Stephens, Ron Plew

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A new edition of this title is available, ISBN-10: 0672330180 ISBN-13: 9780672330186

 

Sams Teach Yourself SQL in 24 Hours, Third Edition presents the key features of SQL (Structured Query Language) in an easy to understand format with updated code examples, notes, diagrams, exercises, and quizzes. New material covers more information on transactions, constructs, embedded databases, and object-oriented programming. In this edition, the authors include examples based on a database like MySQL, a very popular open source database.

 

 

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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #570964 in Books
  • Published on: 2002-08-22
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 504 pages

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From the Back Cover

Sams Teach Yourself SQL in 24 Hours, Third Edition presents the key features of SQL (Structured Query Language) in an easy to understand format with updated code examples, notes, diagrams, exercises, and quizzes. New material covers more information on transactions, constructs, embedded databases, and object-oriented programming. In this edition, the authors include examples based on a database like MySQL, a very popular open source database.

About the Author

Sams Teach Yourself SQL in 24 Hours, Third EditionAuthor Bio

Ronald R. Plew is vice president and CIO for Perpetual Technologies, Inc., in Indianapolis, Indiana. Ron is a Certified Oracle Professional, and his duties include Oracle database consulting and training. Ron is an adjunct professor at Indiana University-Purdue University in Indianapolis, where he teaches SQL and various database courses. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management/Administration from Indiana Institute of Technology, Fort Wayne, Indiana. Ron also serves in the Indiana Army National Guard, where he is the programmer/analyst for the 433rd Personnel Detachment. Ron's hobbies include golf, chess, and collecting Indianapolis 500 racing memorabilia. He shares ownership of Plew's Indy 500 Museum with his brothers, Mark and Dennis; his sister, Arleen; and mother, Betty. Ron lives in Indianapolis with his wife Linda. Ron and Linda have four children and ten grandchildren.

Ryan Stephens is president and CEO for Perpetual Technologies, Inc., an information technology consulting and training firm in Indianapolis, Indiana. He has specialized in Oracle databases and SQL for more than 10 years, working as an Oracle programmer/analyst and Oracle Database Administrator. Ryan is a Certified Oracle Professional and is also an adjunct professor at Indiana University-Purdue University in Indianapolis, where he teaches SQL, PL/SQL, UNIX, Oracle Designer, Oracle Forms, and Oracle database administration. Ryan resides in Indianapolis with his wife Tina and their children Daniel and Autumn.

Customer Reviews

Obvious Mistakes Make For A Difficult Read2
This book is sadly not much use to a beginner of SQL. There are numerous errors throughout, especially in the examples which don't tally with the relevant text making the examples very difficult. Unfortunately, there are no corrections at the SAMS website either.

If you are looking for your first SQL book, then you would be better off looking elsewhere.

Nice book for Starting SQL2
the book is great for anyone wishing to learn SQL like me; the book is maily set out for the Oracle SQL standard. But it covers MySQL, Microsoft and parts of dBase. The main problem with the book it that the number of times you come across errors and mistakes is just to many you could expect. i feel that if the 3rd edition of the book could be proof read so that you could understand it better , it would make a great read.

This book is set out so you can learn SQL (the basics) in 24 hours, but it feels like the book was written in 24 hours!

Full of mistakes which will confuse a Beginner2
This was my first computer language to learn, and this book made sure I did it the hard way. It is full of mistakes and examples that do not demonstrate what they claim to. I threw the book away and bought another one. Don't buy this book, you'll regret it...