Sams Teach Yourself SQL in 24 Hours

In just 24 lessons of one hour or less, you will learn professional techniques to design and build efficient databases and query them to extract useful information. Using a straightforward, step-by-step approach, each lesson builds on the previous one, allowing you to learn the essentials of ANSI SQL from the ground up.

Example code demonstrates the authors’ professional techniques, while exercises written for MySQL offer the reader hands-on learning with an open-source database. Included are advanced techniques for using views, managing transactions, database administration, and extending SQL.

Step-by-step instructions carefully walk you through the most common SQL tasks.
Q&As, Quizzes, and Exercises at the end of each chapter help you test your knowledge.
Notes and Tips point out shortcuts and solutions.
New terms are clearly defined and explained.

Learn how to…
Use SQL-2003, the latest standard for the Structured Query Language
Design and deploy efficient, secure databases
Build advanced queries for information retrieval
Sort, group, and summarize information for best presentation
Tune databases and queries for maximum performance
Understand database administration and security techniques

For more than ten years the authors have studied, applied, and documented the SQL standard and its application to critical database systems.

Ryan Stephens and Ron Plew are entrepreneurs, speakers, and cofounders of Perpetual Technologies, Inc. (PTI), a fast-growing IT management and consulting firm which specializes in database technologies. They taught database courses for Indiana University—Purdue University in Indianapolis for five years and have authored more than a dozen books on Oracle, SQL, database design, and the high availability of critical systems.

Arie D. Jones is Senior SQL Server database administrator and analyst for PTI. He is a regular speaker at technical events and has authored several books and articles.

From the Publisher
This hands on tutorial will provide readers with: Thorough explanation of database concepts, SQL and low level programming Complete code listings with output. These listings are followed with analysis that explains exactly what the listings are doing Real world examples that can be incorporated in other projects Fast results: Each chapter can be completed in one hour so the reader is productive almost immediately Beginning-to - Intermediate coverage of SQL, including SQL in an enterprise setting, on the Web and Intranet
- SQL (Standard Query Language) is the ANSI standard language that allows people to create, access, manipulate, and store information in a relational database management system

- SQL is the core element of databases from companies such as Oracle, Microsoft, Informix, etc.

- The SQL market is widespread; all database programmers, developers, and administrators use this language to manipulate data

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