Simply SQL is a practical step-by-step guide to writing SQL.

Teach Yourself SQL - The Easy Way! You'll learn how to make the most of your data using best-practice SQL code. Rather than bore you with theory, it focuses on the practical use of SQL with common databases and uses plenty of diagrams, easy-to-read text, and examples to help make learning SQL easy and fun.

Packed with examples, Simply SQL is a step-by-step introduction to learning SQL. You'll discover how easy it is to use SQL to interact with best-practice, robust databases. Rather than bore you with theory, it focuses on the practical use of SQL with common databases and uses plenty of diagrams, easy-to-read text, and examples to help make learning SQL easy and fun.

• Step through the basic SQL syntax
• Learn how to use best practices in database design
• Master advanced syntax like inner joins, groups, and subqueries
• Understand the SQL datatypes
• And much more...

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PREFACE
This book is about SQL, the Structured Query Language.

SQL is the language used by all major database systems today. SQL has been around for about 30 years, but is enjoying a real renaissance in the 21st century, thanks to the tremendous success of database-driven web sites.

Whether your web site is written in PHP, ASP, Perl, ColdFusion, or any other programming language, and no matter which database system you want to use—MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, DB2, Oracle, or any of the others—one fact is almost certain: if you want to have database-driven content, you’ll need to use SQL.

SQL is a simple, high-level language with tremendous power. You can perform tasks with a few lines of SQL that would take pages and pages of intricate coding to accomplish in a programming language.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Rudy Limeback is a semi-retired SQL Consultant living in Toronto, Canada. His broad SQL experience spans more than 20 years, and includes working with DB2, SQL Server, Access, Oracle, and MySQL. He’s an avid participant in discussion forums, primarily at SitePoint (http://sitepoint.com/forums/).

His two web sites are http://r937.com/ for SQL and http://rudy.ca/ for personal stuff. When not glued to his computer, Rudy enjoys playing touch football and frisbee golf.

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