| Sams Teach Yourself SQL in 10 Minutes (3rd Edition) (Sams Teach Yourself)
by Ben Forta
Average Customer Review:  based on 136 reviews.
Customer Review: When I went for a job interview a few months ago all I knew about SQL was that it had something to do with databases. When I informed the interviewer I didn't know SQL, the look on his face let me know I was doomed. So as soon as I left that interview I got online and purchased this book determined to learn as much as I can, in an ...
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| Head First SQL: Your Brain on SQL -- A Learner's Guide (Head First)
by Lynn Beighley
Average Customer Review: based on 26 reviews.
Customer Review: At first I was a little thrown off by all the images and quips (I guess I'm used to boring, dry guides). After a while I was actually drawn into the book and how it guided me through learning SQL. I must admit that I had a somewhat rudimentary understanding of SQL but after completing the book my queries a sharper & more complex. I ...
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| SQL Cookbook (Cookbooks (O'Reilly))
by Anthony Molinaro
Average Customer Review: based on 39 reviews.
Customer Review: I am a certified DB2 / Oracle DBA and a programmer. Even though, I can get through some of chapters very fast, I certainly have enjoyed reading it so far. One thing I like the most is to see how a problem is solved in many different databases including DB2, Oracle, MS-SQL, MySQL, and PostSQL!
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| Learning SQL (Learning)
by Alan Beaulieu
Average Customer Review: based on 20 reviews.
Customer Review: Very good book for beginning. Plenty of examples, and explanations. Plus author writes in very good manner, so you feel like having teacher sitting next to you
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| SQL For Dummies (Sql for Dummies)
by Allen G. Taylor
Average Customer Review:  based on 27 reviews.
Customer Review: Hardcore DBAs have knocked this book, but I have coworkers who reference it daily and they are now very experienced and knowledgable of SQL.
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| SQL Pocket Guide (Pocket References)
by Jonathan Gennick
Average Customer Review: based on 17 reviews.
Customer Review: I'm writing a review because of how impressed I've become with this over time. I have several SQL references and this gets used by far the most. I'm a big O'Reilly fan and I think I bought this title in addition to the Nutshell book because it was cheap and I also wanted multiple SQL reference books so I could have some at home as w...
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| SQL Queries for Mere Mortals(R): A Hands-On Guide to Data Manipulation in SQL (2nd Edition) (For Mere Mortals)
by John L. Viescas, Michael J. Hernandez
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
Publication Date: October 2007
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| SQL Tuning
by Dan Tow
Average Customer Review: based on 15 reviews.
Customer Review: I was entangled in the web of horrible response time queries, not knowing what to do (except the darn hit ratios were maximum). In utter frustration, I was putting an index here and dropping an index there, inserting a hint here and then setting a parameter there. Within 1 day of reading Mr. Dan Tow book, I was able to bring my bigg...
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| Pro T-SQL 2005 Programmer's Guide (Expert's Voice)
by Michael Coles
Average Customer Review:  based on 6 reviews.
Customer Review: Short Summary: Pro T-SQL 2005 Programmer's Guide book examines SQL Server 2005 T-SQL from a developer's perspective. It covers a wide range of developer-specific topics in SQL Server 2005. This book covers many newly introduced topics in depth. This book is written as a practical and useful guide to help database developers who mainl...
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| Joe Celko's SQL for Smarties: Advanced SQL Programming Third Edition (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Data Management Systems)
by Joe Celko
Average Customer Review:  based on 49 reviews.
Customer Review: As a DBA, I use this book often. It's been helpful and I recommend it to others. My issue with this book is not its content, it's the terrible typesetting throughout. The text is the raggedest of ragged right, sample SQL code wraps in odd places, diagrams are sloppy (redraw the diagrams by hand if you need to, it was done tastefully...
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