| | |  | Software Engineering | Home » » » SQL Weekend Crash Course (With CD-ROM) | | | | | | | Description: | | Learn SQL fast! With SQL Weekend Crash Course, you can get up to speed on how to use SQL -- the standard international database language -- in a single weekend!
This book consists of 30 sessions that teach the core concepts of ANSI SQL over a weekend (from Friday evening through Sunday afternoon). Naturally, you can adapt your learning to whatever schedule meets your needs. Coverage focuses on the following databases: Access, Oracle9i, SQL Server 2000, MySQL, and PostgreSQL. You'll pick up valuable skills such as:
* Retrieving data
* Adding, updating and deleting data
* Using SQL within an application
* Building database tables with SQL
* Protecting the contents of a database
* Dynamic SQL | | | Product Details: | | | Author:
| Allen G. Taylor | | Paperback:
| 400 pages | | Publisher:
| Wiley | | Publication Date:
| January 15, 2002 | | Language:
| English | | ISBN:
| 0764549014 | | Package Length:
| 9.1 inches | | Package Width:
| 7.3 inches | | Package Height:
| 0.8 inches | | Package Weight:
| 1.2 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 3 reviews |
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2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
 Lots of errors, not that greatMar 09, 2004
By Charles R. Grosvenor Jr.
"Music Fanatic"
I was fairly unimpressed with this book. I found it fairly easy to read the first night's lessons, but when it came time to try any of the examples on an actual machine, there were plenty of typos in examples. The examples should be the one part of a book where you NEVER find a typo. It's been about 9 months since I threw this in the corner, so I can't point to examples off hand, but I know once I spotted obvious errors I didn't bother to move further through the book. There's also no errata on the author's website, once you find it. I realize this book is no longer published, but there's no excuse for even wasting money on it. Try SQL Queries for Mere Mortals, it's far more useful to learn from, and works as an excellent reference to basic SQL commands.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
 great book, shame about the CDAug 01, 2002
By MIKE
A very good book for getting up to speed quickly - the examples are clearly laid out and meaningful- just a shame that none of the examples and sample data that the book and CD says are on the CD are actually on the CD
5 of 11 found the following review helpful:
What you need to know about SQLJan 03, 2002
By Allen G. Taylor
This book is a streamlined, concise presentation of the ANSI-standard SQL:1999 that all implementations seek to match. It presents the SQL data types and commands and provides examples of their use. The book concentrates on the SQL functions that most people are likely to need, without getting highly technical about obscure, little-used features. It makes a handy reference for the experienced SQL programmer as well as an easy to follow introduction for people new to SQL.
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