Featured Title — May 2003

Featured Title:
SQL Bible
by Alex Kriegel and Boris M. Trukhnov

SQL Bible covers the information necessary to understand and use SQL and its implementations in accordance with the established SQL99 standard. Tutorials and code examples in each chapter are intended as a reference for every level of expertise. Topics covered in the book (which includes a CD-ROM with an evaluation copy of DB2 UDB Personal Edition v.8.1 for Windows) include:

• The definition and characteristics of relational databases (RDBMSs) and SQL's role in an RDBMS
• Implementation variations among Oracle, DB2, and MS SQL Server
• Creating and modifying RDBMS objects such as tables, views, indexes, synonyms, sequences, and schemas using Data Definition Language
• Data Manipulation Language (DML) from different vendors' perspectives
• Single-table select statements and multitable queries
• SQL functions, operators, and data types
• New SQL developments, including XML, OLAP, and Web services.

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