SQL in a Nutshell: A Desktop Quick Reference Guide

In a Nutshell

by Kevin E. Kline, Daniel Kline, Brand Hunt

Elegant and descriptive, SQL has long been the essential language for relational databases, but it's a complex language to learn and use. Ideal for experienced programmers, analysts, and database administrators, this comprehensive reference guide clearly documents every SQL command and reference with practical examples that illustrate important concepts and uses. It's a wealth of information packed into a succinct, comprehensive, and easy-to-use format.

The updated fourth edition of SQL in a Nutshell explains how to implement SQL in leading commercial and open source database products, such as Oracle, DB2, SQL Server, and MySQL.

Genres: Reference, Programming, Computers, Nonfiction, Computer Science, Technical, Technology

600 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2000

Reviews

[Austin Craver]

The author clearly states in the preface what this book is, and is not. The book is primarily a command reference. It is intended as a reference tool, not a tutorial. Nor is it expository.

[Warren Owen]

Useful compact reference book for someone who occasionally uses SQL.

[Christophe Gesché]

Usefull

SQL has so many possibilities.

So easy to start to use.
So easy to became complex and hard :)

[Daniel]

This is useful ONLY as a reference. Its organization is utterly useless unless you already know SQL top to bottom and just need a refresh on the fiddly bits. That said, if the above is what you're looking for, it is good at that job.

[Talia]

A great reference to have on hand if you're working with SQL databases

[Ivy]

mainly for reference

[Natasha]

Quite helpful, and lot to learn.