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A Guide to the SQL Standard [Paperback]

C. J. Date (Author), Hugh Darwen (Author)
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  • Paperback: 544 pages
  • Publisher: Addison Wesley; 4 edition (8 Nov 1996)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0201964260
  • ISBN-13: 978-0201964264
  • Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 16.3 x 2.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 372,732 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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The SQL language has established itself as the linqua franca database management; it provides the basis for systems interoperability, application portability, client/server operation, distributed database, and more, and is supported by just about every DBMS on the market today. SQL2 - or, to give it its official name, the International Standard Database language SQL (1992) - represents a major set of extensions to the earlier SQL standard. For a start, the new specification is well over 600 pages, compared with less than 100 for the original version. No database professional can afford to ignore it. Features *Thorough revision of the official ANSI standard for SQL. *Covers all important new SQL2 features including extensive integrity support, powerful new operators, national and international character data support and comprehensive date and time support. *Continues the tradition of careful, clear, and accurate explanations of complex technical material Features New to this Edition *Covers extensive integrity support, powerful new operators, national and international character data support, all features of SQL2; comprehensive date and time support and clear explanation of the complexitites of Dynamic SQL, all features of SQL2. *Provides first tutorial treatment available anywhere of the brand new and dramatically extended version of SQL known informally as SQL2 or SQL/92. 0201964260B04062001

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The SQL language has established itself as the linqua franca database management; it provides the basis for systems interoperability, application portability, client/server operation, distributed database, and more, and is supported by just about every DBMS on the market today. SQL2 - or, to give it its official name, the International Standard Database language SQL (1992) - represents a major set of extensions to the earlier SQL standard. For a start, the new specification is well over 600 pages, compared with less than 100 for the original version. No database professional can afford to ignore it.

Features
  • Thorough revision of the official ANSI standard for SQL.
  • Covers all important new SQL2 features including extensive integrity support, powerful new operators, national and international character data support and comprehensive date and time support.
  • Continues the tradition of careful, clear, and accurate explanations of complex technical material
Features New to this Edition
  • Covers extensive integrity support, powerful new operators, national and international character data support, all features of SQL2; comprehensive date and time support and clear explanation of the complexitites of Dynamic SQL, all features of SQL2.
  • Provides first tutorial treatment available anywhere of the brand new and dramatically extended version of SQL known informally as SQL2 or SQL/92.


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1 of 13 people found the following review helpful
THE ANSWER BOOK 20 Mar 1999
By A Customer
Format:Paperback
Varied DBMS products do tend to limit portability applications if not answered well. ISO/ANSI SQL compliance at current standard is key. Best Bet!
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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful
This is not a "How to...." book 2 Mar 2000
By Joseph E. Swanson - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Paperback
For beginners, this book can be a complete nightmare. It reminded me of the dreary, theory laden texts of my college days more than anything. If you want to know not just how but why SQL works like it does, then this is the book for you, and you will be very happy with it. If you're looking for a reference book to support your existing SQL knowledge, then this book can serve that purpose also. However, if you're looking for something to learn SQL from at the beginner's level, this book is not for you. It is not specific to any database, lacks examples or tutorials, and speaks at the level of someone who has SQL experience.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
A must for any database developer 22 Aug 1998
By Branimir Dolicki (bdolicki@tel.hr) - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Paperback
With so many different DBMS products on the market it is very important to be able to write database applications easily portable from one to another. The key to this portability is writing in compliance to the ISO/ANSI SQL standard. This book has been able to answer almost every my question! I can hardly say that for any other computer book.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Rather narrow in scope, and for experts only 30 Dec 2000
By "arftu" - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Paperback
If you are looking for a book that will take you through the SQL standard, explaining what each part means and how to use each feature, then you need to look elsewhere. If you are an expert SQL user, and interested in some of the intimate detail of the standard, for example the way time and dates work, and why they work the way they do, this may well be the book for you, but it?s still expensive for the number of pages. If you known the basics well already, and want to become a power SQL user, then I?d recommend Joe Celko's SQL for Smarties
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