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SQL Pocket Guide, Second Edition

By
Jonathan Gennick
Publisher:
O'Reilly Media
Released:
April 2006
Pages:
192

Product Editions

  1. SQL Pocket Guide, Second Edition - April 2006
  2. SQL Pocket Guide - March 2004 (out of print)
Description
Now available in an updated second edition, our very popular SQL Pocket Guide is a major help to programmers, database administrators, and everyone who uses SQL in their day-to-day work. The SQL Pocket Guide is a concise reference to frequently used SQL statements and commonly used SQL functions. Not just an endless collection of syntax diagrams, this portable guide addresses the language's complexity head on and leads by example. The information in this edition has been updated to reflect the latest versions of the most commonly used SQL variants.
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Table of Contents

  1. Chapter 1 SQL Pocket Guide

    1. Introduction

    2. Analytic Functions

    3. CASE Expressions

    4. Datatypes

    5. Dataype Conversion

    6. Deleting Data

    7. Functions

    8. Grouping and Summarizing

    9. Hierarchical Queries

    10. Indexes, Creating

    11. Indexes, Removing

    12. Inserting Data

    13. Joining Tables

    14. Literals

    15. Merging Data (Oracle, DB2)

    16. Nulls

    17. OLAP Functions

    18. Predicates

    19. Recursive Queries

    20. Regular Expressions

    21. Selecting Data

    22. Subqueries

    23. Tables, Creating

    24. Tables, Modifying

    25. Tables, Removing

    26. Transaction Management

    27. Union Queries

    28. Updating Data

    29. Window Functions

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    Product Details
    Title:
    SQL Pocket Guide, Second Edition
    By:
    Jonathan Gennick
    Publisher:
    O'Reilly Media
    Formats:
    • Print
    • Ebook
    • Safari Books Online
    Print Release:
    April 2006
    Ebook Release:
    December 2008
    Pages:
    192
    Print ISBN:
    978-0-596-52688-7
    | ISBN 10:
    0-596-52688-1
    Ebook ISBN:
    978-0-596-15826-2
    | ISBN 10:
    0-596-15826-2
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    About the Author

    1. Jonathan Gennick

      Jonathan Gennick is an O'Reilly Media, Inc. editor specializing in database and programming titles. He writes extensively on database topics, and is the author of such successful books as: Oracle SQL*Plus: The Definitive Guide, Oracle SQL*Plus Pocket Reference, and Oracle SQL*Loader: The Definitive Guide. Jonathan contributes regularly to Oracle Magazine, and frequently explores interesting SQL topics on his own website, http://gennick.com. Jonathan is also a member of The Oak Table Network (http://www.oaktable.net), a group of Oracle experts known for their scientific approach to administering and developing Oracle based systems. Jonathan got his start with relational database systems in 1990, first working with Ingres, and later with Digital's Rdb software. During that period he developed a fondness for SQL, and for the challenge of applying SQL creatively in ways that leveraged it's set-oriented capabilities. In 1994 Jonathan made the leap to Oracle, and is now often found writing about it. Recent projects include Oracle SQL*Loader (O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2001); Oracle SQL*Plus Pocket Reference (O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2000); Oracle SQL*Plus: The Definitive Guide (O'Reilly Media, Inc., 1999); More recently, Jonathan has made forays into other database products, coauthoring Transact-SQL Cookbook (O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2002) and editing Practical PostgreSQL (O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2002).

      View Jonathan Gennick's full profile page.

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