Can you Teach Yourself SQL in 10 minutes?
May 21, 2009
Can you really Teach Yourself SQL in 10 Minutes?
Well according to Sams you can!
I was recently handed a wonderful book to help fill any gaps I have in my SQL skills,
at first sight it didn't seem like a very helpful book , dated back in 2004 coming out with such a big promise: Teach Yourself SQL in 10 Minutes.
As you imagine I dived into it with much doubt on how much I can learn from this book but what came next was a surprise!
First of all the book is written wonderfully and as simple as it can be , where many books fill you with tedious and lacking explanations and fillers on optimization techniques , indexing methods and differences this book delivers as promise , you learn SQL. Usually it sounds pretty basic , and you tell yourself how much can I learn on SQL , I know how to join tables and make large calculated queries and that's enough for my needs , but you might just now find yourself wrong since the basics are usually what's needed to fill that missing gap that kept you from trully understanding SQL and how to construct queries , throw away reading up examples on the net and looking for sophisticated ways to pull up some data just because you can construct the query on your own , this book will take from the ground up on all subjects concerning SQL , from basic definitions, fetching data with everything that comes with it (grouping , sorting , joins , subqueries) , building your DB all the way to
creating views , stored procedures and triggers. It finishes with a brief cover of indexes since this is a subject that cannot be covered in a chapter let alone one book.
In addition it includes a nice appendix with all relevant data regarding setting up an environment and created an example database to work on and working with popular DBMS. The book tries to point out which parts of SQL today differ for each DBMS , and succeeds in most cases but still misses on a few.
All and all this is an excellent book to beginners and old users of SQL since reading about SQL from the ground up can fill those holes you might didn't even knew existed and really helps building a strong foundation for this much needed subject.
It's currently priced $13.59 which is an amazingly low price for such a great book.
If you don't believe me just read the reviews on Amazon!
Before you go on looking for the book just read on since I saved you the trouble :)
Either click here:
Sams Teach Yourself SQL in 10 Minutes (3rd Edition)
or look for it on the widget on the left sidebar!
Believe me , doesn't matter what's your skill level on SQL you will
Teach Yourself SQL in 10 Minutes!
Well according to Sams you can!
I was recently handed a wonderful book to help fill any gaps I have in my SQL skills,
at first sight it didn't seem like a very helpful book , dated back in 2004 coming out with such a big promise: Teach Yourself SQL in 10 Minutes.
As you imagine I dived into it with much doubt on how much I can learn from this book but what came next was a surprise!
First of all the book is written wonderfully and as simple as it can be , where many books fill you with tedious and lacking explanations and fillers on optimization techniques , indexing methods and differences this book delivers as promise , you learn SQL. Usually it sounds pretty basic , and you tell yourself how much can I learn on SQL , I know how to join tables and make large calculated queries and that's enough for my needs , but you might just now find yourself wrong since the basics are usually what's needed to fill that missing gap that kept you from trully understanding SQL and how to construct queries , throw away reading up examples on the net and looking for sophisticated ways to pull up some data just because you can construct the query on your own , this book will take from the ground up on all subjects concerning SQL , from basic definitions, fetching data with everything that comes with it (grouping , sorting , joins , subqueries) , building your DB all the way to
creating views , stored procedures and triggers. It finishes with a brief cover of indexes since this is a subject that cannot be covered in a chapter let alone one book.
In addition it includes a nice appendix with all relevant data regarding setting up an environment and created an example database to work on and working with popular DBMS. The book tries to point out which parts of SQL today differ for each DBMS , and succeeds in most cases but still misses on a few.
All and all this is an excellent book to beginners and old users of SQL since reading about SQL from the ground up can fill those holes you might didn't even knew existed and really helps building a strong foundation for this much needed subject.
It's currently priced $13.59 which is an amazingly low price for such a great book.
If you don't believe me just read the reviews on Amazon!
Before you go on looking for the book just read on since I saved you the trouble :)
Either click here:
Sams Teach Yourself SQL in 10 Minutes (3rd Edition)
or look for it on the widget on the left sidebar!
Believe me , doesn't matter what's your skill level on SQL you will
Teach Yourself SQL in 10 Minutes!
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