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[Peter Sawczynec]

Several of the big expert books mentioned are well worth reading, but
after all those massive reading efforts the only generic SQL book I keep
at the ready is:

"Teach Yourself SQL in 10 Minutes" Publisher: SAMS. 

This tiny book moves real fast from simple to complex selects (including
joins, subqueries and views) showing with crsip examples how to
integrate things like wildcards, IN, NOT, OR, HAVING, and GROUP BY into
a query and always stressing the logical order in which they should
correctly appear. 

It is an excellent uncomplicated fast-read primer for the real beginner
and like I said acts as instant refresher for a more advanced user too.

Warmest regards, 
 
Peter Sawczynec 
Technology Dir.
Sun-code Interactive
Sun-code.com 
646.316.3678 
ps at sun-code.com





-----Original Message-----
From: talk-bounces at lists.nyphp.org [mailto:talk-bounces at lists.nyphp.org]
On Behalf Of Michael B Allen
Sent: Saturday, November 03, 2007 11:18 PM
To: NYPHP Talk
Subject: Re: [nycphp-talk] Learning SQL - Resources & Recommendations

On 11/1/07, Nelly Yusupova <nelly at cgim.com> wrote:
> A friend of mine is trying to learn SQL and asked me for some
resources to
> point her in the right direction as far as understanding SQL,
table-driven
> designs, logic, etc.
>
> Does anyone have any recommendations?

Hi Nelly,

There is a book called "Oracle The Complete Reference" which is
considered by many to be the best all-around database book. There are
some Oracle specific bits in it but it's mostly applicable to just
about any database.

Mike

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