- Paperback: 550 pages
- Publisher: Prentice Hall; 1 edition (6 Aug 1996)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0134861434
- ISBN-13: 978-0134861432
- Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 17.8 x 2.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 5,367,589 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Understanding SQL is pretty basic to anyone usig a database. Yet most books take a theoretical, academic approach. Groth shows how anyone working with a database can familiarize themselves with SQL in only three hours using the DC and become completely onversant by following the hands-on approach. Contains Centura Software Corporation's SQL Wilndows Solo, Quest (what the enduser uses to query a database) and exercises relating to the book.
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Learn SQL fast—hands-on!
If you need to get results fast with SQL, you need Hands-On SQL, the rapid-fire tutorial on SQL that will show you all you need to know to use SQL. With Hands-On SQL, you'll walk through SQL step by step, from the basics to advanced topics:
- Read about a concept, and get all the background you'll need.
- Then, check out the crystal-clear, real-world examples.
- Then, try it yourself. Hands-On SQL's CD-ROM includes SQLWindows Solo, Centura's complete SQL development environment!
Hands-On SQL presents SQL basics, explains introductory design, and offers full explanations of SQL statements and syntax. Since most SQL programmers depend on specialized SQL development tools, Hands-On SQL compares the tools available from market leaders like Centura, Oracle®, Sybase®, and IBM®and explains important variations in how each of these vendors implements SQL. You'l learn how to embed SQL statements using other application languages and 4GL tools. You'll even take a look at the future of SQL and database design.
Whether you're an application developer, database administrator, end user, or student, Hands-On SQL is all you need to get results with SQL immediately.
The software on the CD-ROM is certified to run on OS/2® Warp, Windows® 3.X, Windows for Workgroups 3.11, and Windows NT. It is also known to work on Windows 95.
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Format:Paperback
If you want to learn about SQL as well as gain some hands on experience, without having access to one of the more established major industry based databases, buy this book.
The book comes with a CDROM which uses a database by the name of SQLBase, (Yep like you I had never heard of it before). However once installed the book provides excellent examples and exercises on all the normal SQL commands used to manipulate a database.
The level of the examples and exercises are just right, along with the topics covered in each chapter.
Just a word of warning, this book is obviously a bit dated, as it warns you about the possiblity of having read errors from the CD if used on a CDROM of 5x speed or over! (I am fortunate to still have my circa 1996 PC lying around). Apart from this, great introduction to SQL before you go big time with one of the major players.
The book comes with a CDROM which uses a database by the name of SQLBase, (Yep like you I had never heard of it before). However once installed the book provides excellent examples and exercises on all the normal SQL commands used to manipulate a database.
The level of the examples and exercises are just right, along with the topics covered in each chapter.
Just a word of warning, this book is obviously a bit dated, as it warns you about the possiblity of having read errors from the CD if used on a CDROM of 5x speed or over! (I am fortunate to still have my circa 1996 PC lying around). Apart from this, great introduction to SQL before you go big time with one of the major players.
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No Ansi SQL
26 Oct 1999
Format:Paperback
I don't like this book. This book doesn't use Ansi-92 SQL, instead it uses the SQL language implemented in SQLBase. The second half of the book show how to implement an application in SQL Windows!
Great Basic Outline
29 Aug 2000
Format:Paperback
This is the best basic outline of how to use SQL that I've seen. Other choices are books that merely provide a dictionary of commands, or that get into complicated solutions using particular programs. The excellent open formatting of this (short) book makes it a quick read as well as a good reference. After you've read this book you'll know the structure of SQL and enough basic commands to get started, and you'll be ready to move on to something more complicated- that's the time to buy a book about a specific program.
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