Paperback: 240 pages Data: April 9, 2008 Format: PDF Description: Clare Churcher?s Beginning SQL Queries is your guide to mastering the lingua franca of the database industry: the SQL language. Good knowledge of SQL is crucial to anyone working with databases, because it is with SQL that you retrieve data, manipulate data, and generate business results. Knowing how to write good queries is the foundation for all work done in SQL, and it is a foundation that Clare lays well in her book. Does not bore with syntax! Helps you learn the underlying concepts involved in querying a database, and from there the syntax is easy Provides exceptionally clear examples and explanations Is academically sound while being practical and approachable
What you?ll learn Write simple queries to extract data from a single table. Understand relational algebra and calculus and why they are important. C****ine data from many tables into one business result. Avoid pitfalls and traps such as Cartesian products and difficulties with null values. Summarize large amounts of data for reporting purposes. Apply set theory to the problems of manipulating data and generating reports.
Paperback: 240 pages
Data: April 9, 2008
Format: PDF
Description: Clare Churcher?s Beginning SQL Queries is your guide to mastering the lingua franca of the database industry: the SQL language. Good knowledge of SQL is crucial to anyone working with databases, because it is with SQL that you retrieve data, manipulate data, and generate business results. Knowing how to write good queries is the foundation for all work done in SQL, and it is a foundation that Clare lays well in her book.
Does not bore with syntax!
Helps you learn the underlying concepts involved in querying a database, and from there the syntax is easy
Provides exceptionally clear examples and explanations
Is academically sound while being practical and approachable
Write simple queries to extract data from a single table.
Understand relational algebra and calculus and why they are important.
C****ine data from many tables into one business result.
Avoid pitfalls and traps such as Cartesian products and difficulties with null values.
Summarize large amounts of data for reporting purposes.
Apply set theory to the problems of manipulating data and generating reports.
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