The only book you'll ever need on SQL. The authors detail the changes in the new standard and provide a thorough guide to programming with SQL 2 for both newcomers and experienced programmers. The book is one that novice programmers should read cover to cover and experienced DBMS professionals should have as a definitive reference book for the new SQL 2 standard.

SQL: 1999 is the best way to make the leap from SQL-92 to SQL:1999, but it is much more than just a simple bridge between the two. The latest from celebrated SQL experts Jim Melton and Alan Simon, SQL:1999 is a comprehensive, eminently practical account of SQL's latest incarnation and a potent distillation of the details required to put it to work. Written to accommodate both novice and experienced SQL users, SQL:1999 focuses on the language's capabilities, from the basic to the advanced, and the ways that real applications take advantage of them. Throughout, the authors illustrate features and techniques with clear and often entertaining references to their own custom database. Gives authoritative coverage from an expert team that includes the editor of the SQL-92 and SQL:1999 standards. Provides a general introduction to SQL that helps you understand its constituent parts, history, and place in the realm of computer languages. Explains SQL:1999's more sophisticated features, including advanced value expressions, predicates, advanced SQL query expressions, and support for active databases. Explores key issues for programmers linking applications to SQL databases. Provides guidance on troubleshooting, internationalization, and changes anticipated in the next version of SQL. Contains appendices devoted to database design, a complete SQL:1999 example, the standardization process, and more.

With this updated text, readers can learn the fundamentals of SQL quickly through the use of numerous examples depicting all the major components of SQL.

In just 24 lessons of one hour or less, you will learn professional techniques to design and build efficient databases and query them to extract useful information. Using a straightforward, step-by-step approach, each lesson builds on the previous one, allowing you to learn the essentials of ANSI SQL from the ground up. Example code demonstrates the authors’ professional techniques, while exercises written for MySQL offer the reader hands-on learning with an open-source database. Included are advanced techniques for using views, managing transactions, database administration, and extending SQL. Step-by-step instructions carefully walk you through the most common SQL tasks. Q&As, Quizzes, and Exercises at the end of each chapter help you test your knowledge. Notes and Tips point out shortcuts and solutions. New terms are clearly defined and explained. Learn how to... Use SQL-2003, the latest standard for the Structured Query Language Design and deploy efficient, secure databases Build advanced queries for information retrieval Sort, group, and summarize information for best presentation Tune databases and queries for maximum performance Understand database administration and security techniques For more than ten years the authors have studied, applied, and documented the SQL standard and its application to critical database systems. Ryan Stephens and Ron Plew are entrepreneurs, speakers, and cofounders of Perpetual Technologies, Inc. (PTI), a fast-growing IT management and consulting firm which specializes in database technologies. They taught database courses for Indiana University–Purdue University in Indianapolis for five years and have authored more than a dozen books on Oracle, SQL, database design, and the high availability of critical systems. Arie D. Jones is Senior SQL Server database administrator and analyst for PTI. He is a regular speaker at technical events and has authored several books and articles. Category: Database Covers: ANSI SQL User Level: Beginning–Intermediate Register your book at informit.com/title/9780672330186 for convenient access to updates and corrections as they become available.

A guide for users and designers of database systems. Outlines the inherent problems in the study, design, and implementation, and examines the background issues of priorities, administrative prerequisites, design concepts, database management systems, protocols, security, communication processes, and interactivity. Gives advice on developing corporate databases and management sytems. Non- technical, user-oriented text. No bibliography. Date provides a comprehensive treatment of standard SQL, with many worked examples while discussing some of the implications of the standard. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR