Customer Reviews

The best sql book I've seen. - By: R Leslie, 29 Jun 2008
The book claims its audience ranges from novices to sql experts (who need to use a different sql platform), & I have to agree. Since it explains a lot about set theory, & how sql works, I doubt it will be out-of-date any time soon. The author describes it as a collection of common SQL problems & their solutions, which is true. What really makes this book special is that I find myself working through examples on my home database for fun. I've used SQL since the early 90s (on Oracle) & have not come across such a useful yet enjoyable book before. The only small errata I found was on page 336 (where the mysql subquery needed an alias), so I suspect there may be a few others - there are examples given for the main platforms - Postgre, Oracle, DB2, Sql Server etc.