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SQL book?

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  • 22-10-2004 10:41am
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    Superman
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    Hi,

    i'm going to be learning a bit of basic to intrermediate SQL (as in not allot of real hard stuff) and I was wondering whats the best book out there?


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    McGintyMcGoo
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    A great book for starting SQL is "SQL for Mere Mortals".

    Also check out "DataBase Design for Mere Mortals", although it has nothing to with SQL.


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    NeverSayDie
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    Might be overkill for what you're after, but a very good reference text for everything and anything got to do with databases (including SQL) is Connolloy and Begg's "Database Systems"; http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0321210255 .

    It's used as the text on quite a few database courses. That said, it's a big book, quite expensive too, so if you just want a SQL reference, might be better with something simpler, maybe a book like this: http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0596005121


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    MrNuked
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    SQL isn't all that complex, and if you're aiming for an intermediate level, then the tutorials on the W3C site would probably be as useful as any book. I've worked on a couple of projects using Access and SQL and there was only instance when I needed to know something that wasn't in their tutorials. (How to do an outer-join in Access).


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    jessy
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    If its just basic SQL then this tutorial should be good enough
    http://www.w3schools.com/sql/default.asp ;)


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