SQL Cookbook (Cookbooks (O'Reilly))
SQL Cookbook (Cookbooks (O'Reilly)) by Anthony Molinaro
- Binding:
- Paperback
- Number of Pages:
- 640
- ISBN:
- 0596009763
- Product Group:
- book
- Publisher:
- O'Reilly Media
- Publication Date:
- Dec. 16, 2005
- BooksForGeeks.com ID:
- 1489
Useful for those who want to take his or her SQL skills to the next level. Containing over 200 recipes, this book helps you conquer common data query and manipulation problems, including those related to window functions, data warehousing, and string manipulation.
Reviews for SQL Cookbook (Cookbooks (O'Reilly))
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The best sql book I've seen.
Rated out of 5 stars, June 12th, 2008
The book claims its audience ranges from novices to sql experts (who need to use a different sql platform), and I have to agree. Since it explains a lot about set theory, and how sql works, I doubt it will be out-of-date any time soon. The author describes it as a collection of common SQL problems and their solutions, which is true. What really makes this book special is that I find myself working through examples on my home database for fun. I've used SQL since the early 90s (on Oracle) and have not come across such a useful yet enjoyable book before. The only small errata I found was on page 336 (where the mysql subquery needed an alias), so I suspect there may be a few others - there are examples given for the main platforms - Postgre, Oracle, DB2, Sql Server etc.