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Summary: Great for the Beginner
Review: This book is quick, easy to follow, and to the point. Great start for those wishing to learn SQL.
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Summary: Awesome book at college budget price!
Review: HiI am a college student who wanted a book to help me out with my database class. I ultimately decided on this one and I am extremely happy with it! Everything is presented very clearly: short, sweet, to the point and with plenty of examples! It is a great supplement for my class and even on its own! If you're in school or college and need to learn SQL, do yourself a favor and BUY THIS BOOK!
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Summary: Simple. Easy to read. Useful
Review: If you need a tiny cute book for the ocassional reference, this is a good solution.
I've been using it on a regular basis for the last few months, and so far... so good.
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Summary: A+ for Students
Review: If you're a student taking any type SQL course then get this book. Super handy and a quick reference. Gives some of the differences in MS Access and Oracle when using the same type of command because they can and do differ sometimes. Get it if you're not an SQL guru. I'm not either. You won't regret it.
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Summary: This is what you need!!!
Review: To discover the secret of SQL, this is the book you need, Well written, easy to follow and understand. The author didn't waste his time writing things that you don't need. If you want to learn SQL programming, this book is not for you, however you still need it as a reference book to write your sql code, it covers almost everything you need for querries. To the author, BEN you've done a great job and keep up the good work.
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Summary: This is an excellent book for people wanting to get into sql
Review: I just finished reading Wrox - Beginning SQL 2000 Server, and thought to myself ' Gee thats great now what can I do with it.' I think books that teach your vendow specific SQL solutions take for granted that you allready know how to write the quieries. However I went out and picked up the Teach yourself SQL in 10 minutes book and it is really really good. At explaining the syntax that you will need to know before tackling those big fat DBMS books. So (if you are a SQL beginner)I would say before you go out there and pick up a big fat DBMS specific book get this book and use it to familiarize yourself with how to actually write the queiries. you will still need the big fat book later on but it makes alot more sense after reading this 10 minute book.
Good job Ben Forta
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Summary: Not too heavy, not too light
Review: This book doesn't cover everything, but it doesn't pretend to either. Just the right amount of SQL information, to cover the most common (and some uncommon) tasks you are likely to perform. And written in very plain language so even the novice can understand what's going on. It makes an especially handy SQL quick reference - small size, good layout and cheap price. Overall, an ideal high-level guide, or a very useful supplement to a more in-depth book. Sidenote - Web developers especially should consider this book. It's got just the right level of detail for almost all the SQL you will ever need to know to develop web applications.
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Summary: Best intro to SQL!
Review: Ben Forta teaches the concepts, uses, and syntax of SQL in quick easy-to-digest lessons that make you wonder why other authors make learning so difficult. This is the first, and for many people the only, SQL book you should purchase.
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Summary: The best book around for SQL beginners
Review: After searching for a solid SQL book for beginners, this is by far the best book I've found. It covers just enough advanced topics to help you get through those first-time subqueries. It's a great building block and has bailed me out of many a jam. Case in point: I couldn't get a subquery to work properly and doubted that this book wasn't advanced enough. I finally caved in and thumbed through the advanced topics and located the answer to my problem. Absolutely worth the price, and then some.
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Summary: Excellent SQL Beginners book
Review: I read this book in a few days and have a good understanding of SQL. The examples are plenty and clear. I used Access 97'. There were a couple of examples that did not work in Access. But overall, I would highly recommend this book to anyone wanting an working intro to SQL.
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