Taking readers through the basics of the language, right up to some more advanced topics, this book is a practical,
hands-on resource and aims to keep the reader involved at all times
Focuses on the SQL standard and is loaded with detailed examples and code; each chapter includes practice exercises
that readers can challenge themselves with before looking at the sample solutions in the appendix
Paul Wilton is a successful Wrox "Beginning" book author and is an ideal author to write for those
who want a firm grasp of standard SQL before learning the details specific to a particular database product
SQL is an international standard for manipulating data in databases and is used by database programmers in
all major database systems: Microsoft, IBM, Oracle, MySQL, and many others
Table of Contents
About the Authors.
Acknowledgments.
Introduction.
Chapter 1. Introduction to SQL.
Chapter 2. Entering Information.
Chapter 3. Extracting Information.
Chapter 4. Advanced Database Design.
Chapter 5. Manipulating Data.
Chapter 6. Grouping and Aggregating Data.
Chapter 7. Selecting Data from Different Tables.
Chapter 8. Queries within Queries.
Chapter 9. Advanced Queries.
Chapter 10. Views.
Chapter 11. Transactions.
Chapter 12. SQL Security.
Chapter 13. Database Tuning.
Appendix A: Exercise Answers.
Appendix B: Setting up and Using the Five Database Systems
