AUTHOR : Sikha Bagui, Richard Earp
PUBLISHER : O'Reilly Media, Inc.
ISBN : 0596102151
EDITION : 1st
PUB DATE : April 01, 2006
LANGUAGE : English
RLS DATE : 04/25/06
FORMAT : CHM
SIZE : 1,94 MB

Quote:Anyone who interacts with today's modern databases needs to know SQL
(Structured Query Language), the standard language for generating,
manipulating, and retrieving database information. In recent years, the
dramatic rise in the popularity of relational databases and multi-user
databases has fueled a healthy demand for application developers and

If you're new to databases, or need a SQL refresher, Learning SQL on SQL
Server 2005 is an ideal step-by-step introduction to this database query
tool, with everything you need for programming SQL using Microsoft's SQL
Server 2005-one of the most powerful and popular database engines used
today. Plenty of books explain database theory. This guide lets you apply
the theory as you learn SQL. You don't need prior database knowledge, or
even prior computer knowledge.

Based on a popular university-level course designed by authors Sikha Saha
Bagui and Richard Walsh Earp, Learning SQL on SQL Server 2005 starts with
very simple SQL concepts, and slowly builds into more complex query
development. Every topic, concept, and idea comes with examples of code
and output, along with exercises to help you gain proficiency in SQL and
- Beginning SQL commands, such as how and where to type an SQL query, and
- How to customize SQL Server 2005's settings and about SQL Server 2005's
- About joins, a common database mechanism for combining tables
- Query development, the use of views and other derived structures, and
- Subqueries, aggregate functions and correlated subqueries, as well as
indexes and constraints that can be added to tables in SQL Server 2005

Whether you're an undergraduate computer science or MIS student, a
self-learner who has access to the new Microsoft database, or work for
your company's IT department, Learning SQL on SQL Server 2005 will get
you up to speed on SQL in no time.

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