4. Creating a Simple Query
“Think like a wise man but communicatein the language of the people.”
—William Butler Yeats
Topics Covered in This Chapter
A Quick Aside: Data versus Information
Translating Your Request into SQL
Now that you’ve learned a little bit about the history of SQL, it’s time to jump right in and learn the language itself. As we mentioned in the Introduction, we’re going to spend most of this book covering the data manipulation portion of the language. So our initial focus will be on the true workhorse of SQL—the SELECT statement.
Introducing SELECT
Above all other keywords, ...
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