Sams Teach Yourself Microsoft SQL Server T-SQL in 10 Minutes

by Ben Forta

Provides lessons that cover such topics as data retrieval, filtering data, constructing complex T-SQL statements, joining related tables, creating subqueries, and working with views.

Genres: Reference, Programming

360 pages, Paperback

First published August 2, 2007

About the author

Ben Forta is an author and Senior Technical Evangelist for Adobe Systems, particularly ColdFusion and Flex, and the owner of EmTek Systems. He previously worked in a similar capacity for Macromedia and Allaire Corporation, the two previous owners of ColdFusion.

In addition to writing numerous technical books on ColdFusion, SQL, and Regular Expressions, Forta co-authored Adobe's official ColdFusion training materials and certification tests and lectures on application development around the world. Many of his books have been translated into over a dozen languages worldwide.

Before working for Allaire, he founded the website Car.com, which was later purchased by Auto-By-Tel. Born in London, England, Forta lives in Oak Park, Michigan with his wife and their children.

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Reviews

[Zaina]

I took my time with this one. I still need to go back and reread pages or chapters but that’s due to lack of use of my newly gained learnings.
It’s a good intro and handy reference. Well organized. Not meant to be comprehensive so I’m giving it 5 stars because it it as advertised.

[Peter Kampjes]

A really good introduction to T-SQL, although somewhat brief on some points, it gives you enough to get you started, and the lessons are simple enough to let you extract what you need to learn quickly.