Description: I have to question whether any of the other reviewers even looked at the table of contents before purchasing this book: Chapter 1. SQL, Vendor Implementations, and Some History - a general overview of SQL and where it comes from; Chapter 2. Foundational Concepts - The general theory behind how a sql works; Chapter 3. SQL Statements Command Reference - "Quick SQL Command Reference"; Chapter 4. SQL Functions - A standard function reference and vendor extensions; Chapter 5. Unimplemented SQL99 Commands - commands in the sql standard which aren't implemented by vendors (MS, Oracle); So as to what it says it covers, it does it quite well. Already being quite familiar with SQl, I still found this book to be useful both as a quick reference to commands as well as for a deeper understanding into how SQL works. This book makes an excellent companion to Transact-SQL Programming, also by Oreilly. If you need a complete SQL reference, get Transact-SQL. If you're looking for a background and i ..
ISBN:
1565927443
Release Date:
01 December, 2000
List Price:
$20.97
Author:
Kevin Kline
Publisher:
O'Reilly & Associates
Last Updated:
06/26/2003
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