SQL in 10 Minutes, Sams Teach Yourself

By Ben Forta

Book Overview

Whether you're an application developer, database administrator, web application designer, mobile app developer, or Microsoft Office users, a good working knowledge of SQL is an important part of interacting with databases. And Sams Teach Yourself SQL in 10 Minutes offers the straightforward, practical answers you need to help you do your job. Expert trainer and popular author Ben Forta teaches you just the parts of SQL you need to know-starting with simple data retrieval and quickly going on to more complex topics including the use of joins, subqueries, stored procedures, cursors, triggers, and table constraints. You'll learn methodically, systematically, and simply-in short, quick lessons that will each take only 10 minutes or less to complete. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0672336073
• ISBN13: 9780672336072
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: Sams Publishing
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.2" x 0.8" x 5.4"

Customer Reviews

If you...

Update (Dec 1, '06): updates marked with >>> <br /> <br />-don't know which program you will be using for SQL and have no knowledge of SQL commands, this book is directed at you and you should get it. <br /> <br />-know which program you will be using, get a book on your specific program, because there is enough variation between the programs that another book will serve you much better. <br />>>>I think I will change this...

Quick and Dirty, as it Implies

I generally don't write reviews of products unless they are fantastic or absolutely horrible. This is FANTASTIC. If you have programming experience and some familiarity with MS Access, this is a great book for you. I was able to go through the entire thing in 8 hours, take notes and import 3500 records from an old database into a new one with much greater ease.Pros:-It differentiates between SQL Server, Oracle and the SQL...

Absolutely Fabulous Lesson in SQL

If you are new to Database Application Design/Web Based Application Design, as I am, you will find this title most helpful in getting you off the ground. I bought this book in hopes that it would help me build SQL statements into my ASP pages, and it has done that and more. This book is an easy read and very clearly explains the basic concepts of the SQL language, techniques, capabilities, etc. It also offers a concise...

Easily Understood by a 13 year old

I am only 13 years old and understood every line of this book!This is a great book to get you started in database management using SQL. The format of the book is one I've never seen, I love it. He first explains a new concept, compares it to other previously learned concepts, and then gives an example. Following this he explains the example. There are lots of other things helpful in his technique as well, such as...

Very good job at its intended job

Ben Forta has done a great job distilling the most pertinent basic SQL concepts into simple, easy to read form. Befitting its "10 minute" moniker, this is a wonderful book for new SQL programmers. But it's also subtly different in a way that will particularly suit folks coming into SQL for the first time as part of their involvement in using web database development tools such as ColdFusion and Active Server Pages.One...