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The practical SQL handbook : using structured query language

Title
The practical SQL handbook : using structured query language / Judith S. Bowman, Sandra L. Emerson, and Marcy Darnovsky.
Author
Bowman, Judith S.
Publication
Reading, Mass. : Addison-Wesley Developers Press, [1996], ©1996.

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Additional Authors
  • Emerson, Sandra L., 1947-
  • Darnovsky, Marcy
Description
xxvi, 454 pages : illustrations; 26 cm +
Alternative Title
Practical structured query language handbook
Subject
  • SQL (Computer program language)
  • Relational databases
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 439-441) and index.
System Details (note)
  • System requirements: IBM compatible PC; CD-ROM drive.
Contents
Foreword / Robert Epstein -- Ch. 1. SQL and Relational Database Management -- Ch. 2. Designing Databases -- Ch. 3. Creating and Filling a Database -- Ch. 4. Selecting Data from the Database -- Ch. 5. Sorting Data and Other Selection Techniques -- Ch. 6. Grouping Data and Reporting From It -- Ch. 7. Joining Tables for Comprehensive Data Analysis -- Ch. 8. Structuring Queries with Subqueries -- Ch. 9. Creating and Using Views -- Ch. 10. Security, Transactions, Performance, and Integrity -- Ch. 11. Solving Business Problems -- Ch. 12. Mistakes and How to Avoid Them -- App. A. Syntax Summary for the SQL Used in This Book -- App. B. Industry SQL Equivalents -- App. C. Glossary -- App. D. The Bookbiz Sample Database -- App. E. Bibliography.
ISBN
  • 0201447878
  • 0201873729 (CD-ROM)
LCCN
96020301
OCLC
ocm34658810
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries