Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 005.7565 EAN: 9780596526887 Format: Illustrated ISBN: 0596526881 Label: O'Reilly Media, Inc. Manufacturer: O'Reilly Media, Inc. Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 192 Publication Date: April 17, 2006 Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc. Sales Rank: 10028 Studio: O'Reilly Media, Inc.
Product DescriptionSQL is the language of databases. It's used to create and maintain database objects, place data into those objects, query the data, modify the data, and, finally, delete data that is no longer needed. Databases lie at the heart of many, if not most business applications. Chances are very good that if you're involved with software development, you're using SQL to some degree. And if you're using SQL, you should own a good reference or two.
Now available in an updated second edition, our very popular 'SQL Pocket Guide' is a major help to programmers, database administrators, and everyone who uses SQL in their day-to-day work. The 'SQL Pocket Guide' is a concise reference to frequently used SQL statements and commonly used SQL functions. Not just an endless collection of syntax diagrams, this portable guide addresses the language's complexity head on and leads by example. The information in this edition has been updated to reflect the latest versions of the most commonly used SQL variants including:
Oracle Database 10g, Release 2 (including
the free Oracle Database 10g Express Edition (XE))
Microsoft SQL Server 2005
MySQL 5
IBM DB2 8.2
PostreSQL 8.1 database
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Rating: - SQL
A comprehensive and detailed SQL reference with sample code and result sets to make the content clear. An excellent pocket guide to take anywhere.
Rating: - sq reference
this pocket book is useful in that it touches on command sets from mysql, sql server, and also oracle. this cross platform approach is helpful when learning sql, or if one was to switch from one enterprise level system to the next. this mini book was shipped out in a timely fashion. i can say that the reference available in this book was well worth the moderate expense, as well as the shipping time.
Rating: - Great reference
I'm writing a review because of how impressed I've become with this over time. I have several SQL references and this gets used by far the most. I'm a big O'Reilly fan and I think I bought this title in addition to the Nutshell book because it was cheap and I also wanted multiple SQL reference books so I could have some at home as well as the office.
I at first assumed that the Pocket guide would be inferior to the Nutshell book but I've found the reverse to be true for me. The strengths ... Read More
Rating: - Great for quick answers to common questions
I love this little book since I work with many RDBMs and need use different syntaxes to accomplish the same thing. That's what this reference is good for - to remind you of material that you've forgotten.
Rating: - Very nice for remember details
This book is the best form of remember SQLScript by engine details and lexical diference; I'm using Oracle v7, v8, v10 and SQLServer in my job; and mySQL and Oracle v10 in my own SOHO applications.
- SQL
- Great for quick answers to common questions
