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Paul Wilton has been working professionally as a programmer for over 6 years. He is experienced with SQL, database design, development and deployment, as well as RDBMS systems including SQL Server and Access. He is currently working freelance developing functionality for websites database driven web sites including e-commerce, message boards, chat applications, and more. His most recent work includes a case tracking system for a law firm and an online booking system for a holiday cottage rental company.

John Colby is database consultant providing database analysis and design as well as Access, SQL Server, and Visual Foxpro programming to companies in the United States, Mexico, and Europe.

De la contraportada

SQL works with databases to insert and extract data and is aninternational standard for manipulating data in databases. Thishands-on resource covers everything from a review of SQL basics anddatabase design to creating your own databases and using the SQLlanguage in a variety of database applications.

Packed with essential code, theories, concepts, and techniques,as well as a cache of useful examples, this comprehensive text willhave you quickly designing your own databases and writing SQL codesufficient for many real-world situations. Practice exercises ineach chapter help speed up your comprehension. By the end of thebook, you'll be prepared to handle any surprise that SQL mightthrow your way.

What you will learn from this book

• How to get the answers you want from a database
• Procedures for using and manipulating data with SQL's built-infunctions
• Ways to retrieve data from numerous and diverse tables
• How to create various levels of security in a database so youcan edit data or change the database's structure
• Theories and practical applications of normalization
• Advanced database design

Who this book is for

This book is for programmers with some prior programmingexperience who are seeking to develop their database programmingskills using SQL. The book assumes no previous programmingexperience, so it is also suitable for database programmingbeginners including database administrators.

Wrox Beginning guides are crafted to make learning programminglanguages and technologies easier than you think, providing astructured, tutorial format that will guide you through all thetechniques involved.