Sams Teach Yourself SQL in 24 Hours, Rough Cuts, 5th Edition
- By Ryan Stephens, Ron Plew, Arie D. Jones
- Published Mar 10, 2011 by Sams. Part of the Sams Teach Yourself series.
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Description
- Copyright 2011
- Dimensions: 7" x 9-1/8"
- Pages: 504
- Edition: 5th
- Rough Cuts
- ISBN-10: 0-13-260393-4
- ISBN-13: 978-0-13-260393-5
This is the Rough Cut version of the printed book.
In just 24 sessions of one hour or less, you’ll learn how to use SQL to build effective databases, efficiently retrieve your data, and manage everything from performance to security! Using this book’s straightforward, step-by-step approach, you’ll learn hands-on through practical examples. Each lesson builds on what you’ve already learned, giving you a strong real-world foundation for success. The authors guide you from the absolute basics to advanced techniques—including views, transactions, Web data publishing, and even powerful SQL extensions for Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server!
Step-by-step instructions carefully walk you through the most common SQL tasks.
Quizzes and Exercises at the end of each chapter help you test your knowledge.
By the Way notes present interesting information related to the discussion.
Did You Know? tips offer advice or show you easier ways to perform tasks.
Watch Out! cautions alert you to possible problems and give you advice on how to avoid them.
Learn how to…
- Understand what SQL is, how it works, and what it does
- Define efficient database structures and objects
- “Normalize” raw databases into logically organized tables
- Edit relational data and tables with DML
- Manage database transactions
- Write effective, well-performing queries
- Categorize, summarize, sort, group, and restructure data
- Work with dates and times
- Join tables in queries, use subqueries, and combine multiple queries
- Master powerful query optimization techniques
- Administer databases and manage users
- Implement effective database security
- Use views, synonyms, and the system catalog
- Extend SQL to the enterprise and Internet
- Master important Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server extensions to ANSI SQL
Sample Content
Table of Contents
Part I: An SQL Concepts Overview
HOUR 1: Welcome to the World of SQL 1
SQL Definition and History 1
SQL Sessions 8
Types of SQL Commands 9
The Database Used in This Book 12
Summary 17
Q&A 17
Workshop 18
Part II: Building Your Database
HOUR 2: Defining Data Structures 21
What Is Data? 21
Basic Data Types 22
Summary 31
Q&A 31
Workshop 32
HOUR 3: Managing Database Objects 37
What Are Database Objects? 37
What Is a Schema? 37
Tables: The Primary Storage for Data 39
Integrity Constraints 49
Summary 54
Q&A 55
Workshop 55
HOUR 4: The Normalization Process 61
Normalizing a Database 61
Denormalizing a Database 69
Summary 70
Q&A 70
Workshop 71
HOUR 5: Manipulating Data 73
Overview of Data Manipulation 73
Populating Tables with New Data 74
Updating Existing Data 80
Deleting Data from Tables 82
Summary 83
Q&A 83
Workshop 84
HOUR 6: Managing Database Transactions 87
What Is a Transaction? 87
Controlling Transactions 88
Transactional Control and Database Performance 95
Summary 96
Q&A 96
Workshop 97
Part III: Getting Effective Results from Queries
HOUR 7: Introduction to the Database Query 99
What Is a Query? 99
Introduction to the SELECT Statement 99
Examples of Simple Queries 108
Summary 112
Q&A 112
Workshop 113
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