From the Back Cover Learn SQL quickly with this easy-to-use, visual tutorial Every IT professional needs at least a basic understanding of SQL. A Visual Introduction to SQL, Second Edition provides a unique tool for acquiring this knowledge. By diagramming each query, this book resolves the language's apparent complexity into simple clarity using an intuitive visual representation. Rather than focusing on a specific vendor's SQL dialect, the book introduces the essential core of the language, making it useful for anyone. For this new edition of their successful, long-selling book, David Chappell and J. Harvey Trimble Jr. have updated the contents to reflect SQL today. The result is a clear, step-by-step explanation of the current language, with the book's unique visual approach guiding the way. A Visual Introduction to SQL, Second Edition is useful for all levels: * For SQL beginners, the unique graphical approach makes learning this sometimes unfriendly language much easier * For those with some SQL experience, the visual approach makes clear the language's underlying structure and helps in creating complex queries * For regular SQL users, the wealth of examples in this book provides quick, easy-to-reference answers to frequently asked questions No matter what SQL version you use, A Visual Introduction to SQL, Second Edition allows you to quickly grasp both the basic and more advanced features of this important language. Wiley Computer Publishing Timely. Practical. Reliable. Visit our Web site at www.wiley.com/compbooks/ Read more About the Author DAVID CHAPPELL is Principal of David Chappell & Associates (www.davidchappell.com) in San Francisco, California. David's popular keynotes and seminars have been presented in more than two dozen countries, and his books on enterprise software have been translated into ten languages.J. HARVEY TRIMBLE Jr. is Managing Director of eBusiness Product Development at Fannie Mae in Washington, D.C. He is responsible for business and product development for the electronic distribution of Fannie Mae's underwriting guidelines and eMortgage capabilities. Read more
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this is the best book I have found (and I have several SQL ...
If you want to learn SQL, or brush up on SQL, this is the best book I have found (and I have several SQL books). I have the first edition and also purchased this edition. I also recommend it to peers who are just getting started with database technology.
A**R
Good book
This book explains sql as easy as possible, no bla, bla, bla......just right to the point.
C**N
Book itself has a lot of very useful information but left off when teaching the writing code
Condition of book was as expected. Book itself has a lot of very useful information but left off when teaching the writing code.
M**L
good reference that clicked for me
Great reference for a language that I have found hard to get a handle on - this helped me quite a bit.
C**D
Best Book To learn SQL
Needed a quick refresher on SQL and this book was perfect. Helped me relearn SQL before a Job interview. Loved it!
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Attention Newbies to SQL - - This is your Book!!!
I am currently enrolled in a Database Management (Oracle/SQL) class at Boston College. Right off the bat, I knew I was in trouble when we were told the professor would be unavailable for help and most of students in class were computer science majors. (I was taking the class to broaden my computer skills above and beyond front-end web design.)The textbook in class was the heinously monstrous 1200+ page Oracle 9i The Complete Reference by Kevin Loney. After struggling through many chapters and finding our professor's teaching style very unhelpful, I decided it was time for another resource.I checked on Amazon ... and found Sam's Teach Yourself SQL in 10 minutes to be semi-helpful. Then at the Harvard Coop, I stumbled upon it - - A VISUAL INTRODUCTION TO SQL. The problem, I realized, was that I am a visual learner and need to see all the schema tables and step-by step actions to describe what happens as I develop queries. This books is key for any layman, like myself. It walks you through very basic (and more complex) problems in an easy-to-read visual approach. While using SQL on the PC, viewing the tables is difficult and this book helps you map out the problems to figure them out. I was especially impressed after emailing the author about a table question and getting a personalized response.If you are in a bind to learn SQL on your own, this book is great and won't kill you lugging it around either.P.S. A great addition I found to this book was a Mac client software (that can access Oracle Databases) called SQL Grinder. Like the book, this program is also very visual and the GUI (MAC) clearly reigns over any PC. Sorry Windows users! Thanks for your help, David Chappell! ;-)
D**R
A good primer on Structured Queries for SQL
This book has short chapters and a lot of examples. It is a good "second" book for an Introductory SQL course.
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