Description: I have been programming database applications since 1984. I started using SQL in 1989. Since that time, I thought I had mastered SQL. Well ... I was wrong. Joe's book helps pin point the finer things concerning SQL ... how it really works. Anyone who is an ADVANCED user of SQL will find this book full of the little things that all most all developers will overlook. For example, how does a SQL statement really execute (pg 174 to 181) explains this in great detail. Many advanced developers are not just satisfied with knowing how to do something; but, want to know every little detail about how something really works. I found the chapters on normalization and Armstrong's Axioms to be the most useful concept in the entire book. Database design concepts are critical in performing a good, solid, and efficient query and this chapter brings it out very well. I have found this book to be my only source for advanced SQL concepts (besides Joe's puzzle book...). Good job ... and thanks.
ISBN:
1558605762
Release Date:
01 October, 1999
List Price:
$44.95
Author:
Joe Celko
Publisher:
Morgan Kaufmann
Last Updated:
06/26/2003
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