Sams Teach Yourself SQL in 24 Hours

By Ron Plew and Ryan Stephens

• Table of Contents
  • Copyright
  • About the Authors
  • Acknowledgments
  • Tell Us What You Think!
  • Introduction
  • Part I: A SQL Concepts Overview
  • Hour 1. Welcome to the World of SQL
  • Part II: Building Your Database
  • Hour 2. Defining Data Structures
  • Hour 3. Managing Database Objects
  • Hour 4. The Normalization Process
  • Hour 5. Manipulating Data
  • Hour 6. Managing Database Transactions
  • Part III: Getting Effective Results from Queries
  • Hour 7. Introduction to the Database Query
  • Hour 8. Using Operators to Categorize Data
  • Hour 9. Summarizing Data Results from a Query
  • Hour 10. Sorting and Grouping Data
  • Hour 11. Restructuring the Appearance of Data
  • Hour 12. Understanding Dates and Times
  • Part IV: Building Sophisticated Database Queries
  • Hour 13. Joining Tables in Queries
  • Hour 14. Using Subqueries to Define Unknown Data
  • Hour 15. Combining Multiple Queries into One
  • Part V: SQL Performance Tuning
  • Hour 16. Using Indexes to Improve Performance
  • Hour 17. Improving Database Performance
  • Part VI: Using SQL to Manage Users and Security
  • Hour 18. Managing Database Users
  • Hour 19. Managing Database Security
  • Part VII: Summarized Data Structures
  • Hour 20. Creating and Using Views and Synonyms
  • Hour 21. Working with the System Catalog
  • Part VIII: Applying SQL Fundamentals in Today's World
  • Hour 22. Advanced SQL Topics
  • Hour 23. Extending SQL to the Enterprise, the Internet, and the Intranet
    • SQL and the Enterprise
    • Accessing a Remote Database
    • Accessing a Remote Database Through a Web Interface
    • SQL and the Internet
    • SQL and the Intranet
    • Summary
    • Q&A
    • Workshop
  • Hour 24. Extensions to Standard SQL
  • Part IX: Appendixes
  • Appendix A. Common SQL Commands
  • Appendix B. Using MySQL for Exercises
  • Appendix C. Answers to Quizzes and Exercises
  • Appendix D. CREATE TABLE Statements for Book Examples
  • Appendix E. INSERT Statements for Data in Book Examples
  • Appendix F. Glossary
  • Appendix G. Bonus Exercises

Summary

Some concepts behind deploying SQL and database applications to the Internet were discussed as you near your last hour of study in this book. It is very important, in this day and age, for companies to remain competitive. To keep up with the rest of the world, it has proven beneficial—almost mandatory—to obtain a presence on the World Wide Web. In accomplishing this presence, applications must be developed and even migrated from client/server systems to the Internet on a Web server. One of the greatest concerns when publishing any kind or any amount of corporate data on the Web is security. Security must be considered, adhered to, and strictly enforced.

Accessing remote databases across local networks as well as over the Internet was discussed. Each major method for accessing any type of a remote database requires the use of the network and protocol adapters used to translate requests to the database. This has been a broad overview of the application of SQL over local networks, company intranets, and the Internet. After the digestion of a few quiz and exercise questions, you should be ready to venture into the last hour of your journey through SQL.

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