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    SQL in 30 Pages
    SQL in 30 Pages
    SQL in 30 Pages
    Ebook34 pages14 minutes

    SQL in 30 Pages

    By U.Q. Magnusson

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    For those of you who need to quickly ramp up on SQL, but have no time to plow through a 600-page tome, this is for you. SQL in 30 Pages is a brief e-booklet of fewer than 4,000 words, designed to get you into SQL as fast as possible, as easily as possible. There is no bull in this Micro-Manual by popular online teacher U.Q. Magnusson. From the very first page you will learn about the basic concepts of SQL, including the command-line interface, the CRUD operations (Create, Read, Update, and Delete), multiple tables, functions, data types, and indexing. Simple yet comprehensive examples follow as you zip through, and each is explained in pithy detail.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherU.Q. Magnusson
    Release dateSep 21, 2012
    ISBN9780985253424
    SQL in 30 Pages
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    U.Q. Magnusson

    U.Q. Magnusson is the popular online author of the Ebook classics "SQL in 30 Pages", "HTML in 30 Pages", and "C in 30 Pages". He brings his 22 years of experience in teaching complex software systems, full development lifecycles, and a variety of languages, packages, and environments to the fore.

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    • 5/5
      What I was looking for ... just the basics. When you need just enough knowledge
    • 5/5
      This is a very quick and dirty review of the basics of SQL. It covers the things you need to know to get started using SQL in a very basic way. I wish I had read this years ago when I first got started. It's definitely good reading for someone who doesn't have an attention span for extra unnecessary information.
    • 2/5
      Falls apart a little when the author gets to the Functions section, which is stepping into the most complicated part of this guide. Not really recommended, even as a quick reference.

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    SQL in 30 Pages - U.Q. Magnusson

    SQL in 30 Pages

    U.Q. Magnusson

    Copyright 2012 U.Q. Magnusson

    Smashwords Edition

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    Table of Contents

    What is SQL?

    The Basic CRUD

    Multiple Tables

    Functions

    Data Types

    Indexing and Keys

    Closing Notes

    What is SQL?

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    An understanding of SQL in the database, like an understanding of scales in music, or an understanding of mechanics in engineering, is essential to unlocking its mysteries. This is certainly worthwhile, for today, more than ever, data are everywhere.

    SQL, developed by IBM engineers in the early 1970s, has persisted despite several attempts to replace it. The key to its resilience is its ease-of-use, for it is both simple to understand and remarkably English-like in its syntax.

    SQL is an abbreviation for Structured Query Language. A Database Management System (DBMS) such as Sybase, Oracle, or MySQL interprets your SQL by parsing it. Parsing is the process by which

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