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  • Paperback: 591 pages
  • Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc.; 3 edition (2 Dec 2008)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0596518846
  • ISBN-13: 978-0596518844
  • Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 15.5 x 3.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
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SQL in a Nutshell applies the classic O'Reilly Nutshell format to Structured Query Language (SQL), the elegant descriptive language that's used to create and manipulate stores of data. This book explains the purpose and proper syntax of hundreds of SQL statements as defined in four major SQL implementations, detailing each entry with explanatory text and illustrative examples. Perhaps best of all, authors Kevin and Daniel Kline feature MySQL in their coverage, giving it billing equal to that of Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, and PostgreSQL. Their inclusion of open-source MySQL, which carries no license fee in most situations, is recognition of its growing popularity and suitability for serious database applications. It also improves this book's appeal to Unix and Linux developers.

The majority of this slender book comprises eminently useful syntax documentation (which is in the style of Unix man pages, with bracketed options and monospace arguments) and the other information that's specific to individual statements and functions. Additionally, it includes a relatively small amount of conceptual information, such as a section on the proper use of NULL values. The material that's not statement-specific also contrasts the four covered platforms' implementations of datatypes--readers learn that a PostgreSQL int2 value is known as a "smallint" in ANSI standard SQL, for example. This is a handy reference book, particularly if you use one of the emphasised SQL implementations. --David Wall

Topics covered: Structured Query Language (SQL) as it is implemented in Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL and PostgreSQL, as well as in ANSI standard SQL (SQL92 and SQL99). After an introduction to datatypes and relational database fundamentals (the latter is not emphasised), the authors document SQL statements and functions one by one, alphabetically. They take care to point out differences among the four implementations. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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An invaluable desktop reference for those who deal with SQL at a professional level. Compact and well designed. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing, but still a useful book, 19 Jul 2001
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This review is from: SQL in a Nutshell: A Desktop Quick Reference (In a Nutshell (O'Reilly)) (Paperback)
I had hoped that this would be a concise but complete reference on building SQL statements, but it lacks some of the most basic explanations (try looking up UNION queries in the index - it's not there!!!). Disappointing, considering the many other 'In A Nutshell' series books I have are indespensible. This one reads more like a 'white paper' than a user reference book. Expensive too, considering how thin it is.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Good SQL reference book., 29 Aug 2002
By Mr. C. J. Lee "cjlee23" (London, UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: SQL in a Nutshell: A Desktop Quick Reference (In a Nutshell (O'Reilly)) (Paperback)
It is definitely not a book to learn SQL, however I found it useful as a reference point to translate a particular flavour of SQL into another flavour of SQL.

Let's face it, just from the size of the book, we can quickly establish that it won't get into too much detail, but it is great for quickly looking up syntax if you can't quite pin point it in your mind.

Not ideal for beginners.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Too much detail on too few subjects, 10 Jun 2001
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I was looking for a refernce book to tell me how to do things with SQL (in particular MySQL). Something I could turn to to find the right command or structure. Mostly it fails to help me with that. It seems to lack simple administration techniques, which is one thing I really wanted...

It's good to compare main features of the covered SQL languages - MS, MySQL, Oracle, Postgre - but for the intermedate user there's too much detail on too few subjects.

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