| | |  | Manager's Guides to Computing | Home » » » SQL All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies | | | | | | | Description: | | SQL is the international standard language for creating and maintaining relational databases. This book is a compendium of information about SQL and relational database design, development, and maintenance. The nine mini-books cover the full spectrum of issues that arise in building, using, and maintaining relational database systems.Book I: SQL Concepts Book II: Relational Database Development Book III: SQL Queries Book IV: Data Security Book V: SQL and Programming Book VI: SQL and XML Book VII: Database Tuning Overview Book VIII: Appendixes | | | Product Details: | | | Author:
| Allen G. Taylor | | Paperback:
| 720 pages | | Publisher:
| For Dummies | | Publication Date:
| July 02, 2007 | | Language:
| English | | ISBN:
| 0470119284 | | Product Length:
| 9.2 inches | | Product Width:
| 7.42 inches | | Product Height:
| 1.56 inches | | Product Weight:
| 2.23 pounds | | Package Length:
| 9.1 inches | | Package Width:
| 7.3 inches | | Package Height:
| 1.7 inches | | Package Weight:
| 2.15 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 4 reviews |
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6 of 8 found the following review helpful:
 Not for DummiesMar 15, 2010
By A reader
I'm sorry but, having completed Book I, I'm just not grasping the underlying structure of this book. Its purpose, or intended audience, actually seems to vary and be unfocused. One minute, information is conveyed as if we have a background in the field; then later seems to assume there is no previous knowledge. Many of the examples really don't make sense to those with experience. If I didn't already know a good bit about this stuff, I'm not sure where I'd be in terms of understanding the material. I wouldn't want this to lay my foundation, nor do I think that it could.
I didn't worry too much about buying a 'For Dummies' book, because I thought they were somehow reviewed and approved by a board of some sort, for clarity and quality of content.
I'm also sorry to see I paid so much for it. Not sure I will get what I wanted from it, which was to fill in some gaps and acquire a quick synopsis of SQL.
 Liked the bookMay 27, 2011
By Aleksander Spektor
Good book for learning SQL.
But sometimes the book contains a lot of unimportant and unpractical details.... The explanations are also sometimes a hard for the beginners to grasp. The structure of the book is organized to cover different topics comprehensively (the book is subdivided into 7 minibooks).... Thus, those who want to learn SQL reading the book throughly from the beginning to an end, first encounter highly specified details about such topics as data base application development process, and only in several hundreds pages they start to read about rules and syntax of SQL language and queries.... That is not too comfortable for the learning purposes for the beginners.
Good Reference BooMay 08, 2011
By Suzanne Brean
This is a really good reference book on a wide variety of SQL information. I don't have an SQL background but needed to learn how to write queries for work. Was able to quickly learn the basics so I could write primary level queries
1 of 2 found the following review helpful:
Not dumbed down enoughNov 04, 2010
By Brenda Bansale
I'm currently in an SQL class and having a tough time understanding things. I bought this book because I also have to take a second more advanced SQL class next semester. This book didn't help me understand anything! It's as confusing to me as my textbook. If you're looking for a book that will explain how JOIN or UNION works, don't buy this book. I currectly have another SQL book on order; hopefully that will be more helpful.
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