- Paperback: 400 pages
- Publisher: Osborne/McGraw-Hill (1 Aug 1998)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0078824605
- ISBN-13: 978-0078824609
- Product Dimensions: 21.5 x 13.9 x 2.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,627,514 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This is a guide to SQL (Structure Query Language), the relational database industry's standard high-level programming language. Popular application languages, such as Visual Basic, Visual C++, PowerBuilder and Delphi, rely on SQL statements to access data from relational databases. The book covers SQL commands specific to the three most common databases worldwide - Oracle, Informix and Sybase. It includes coverage of PL/SQL (Oracle's procedural extension of SQL and Informix object extensions, as well as coverage of J/SQL (a version of SQL that is embedded in Java), which is rapidly becoming a viable database application programming language. Standardized in 1989 by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), SQL is an industry-standard language used for data definition, data manipulation, data management, access protection and transition control. SQL uses tables, indexes, keys, rows and columns to identify storage locations. Commands are built using various components of SQL to query and return information, which is then stored on relational databases.
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Format:Paperback
Other than the poor organization and the appearance of being rehashed Oracle documentation, my main gripe is the book's mismarketing, the reason why I bought the book is because I thought it would have equal coverage of Oracle, Informix and Sybase detailing any extensions of all three vendors. But as it happens the book is primarily an Oracle reference (as is indicated by the sources of reference for the book) the only references to other database vendors appears to be only where the author happens to know about them. There are features of Informix that I used to find very useful, I had hoped this book would indicate whether other database vendors incorporated these features or whether there would be alternative ways of achieving the desired results, but no, if Oracle doesn't do it then nobody else does it! An example of this is selecting into temporary tables, Informix does this and as I found out later so does Sybase but Oracle does not appear to allow this so it does not get a mention. Also I noticed the cover refers to Sybase but within the book there are only references to Microsoft SQL Server, although the commands referred to work equally well on both systems this does not inspire any confidence in me. I feel the money would be far better spent on 5 pints of beer.
Format:Paperback
I am a student of Oracle and found the book to be very useful and handy for quick references. It is well written and can be a useful desktop reference. However, the organization of the book could be better. The keywords section should be with the main content.
Format:Paperback
This book may be cheap, but it really serves no useful purpose. There is nothing in here that cannot be found in the on-line Oracle documentation. The book is badly constructed, offers little detail and is totally inadequate as a reference manual. Save your money.
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