Sams Teach Yourself SQL in 10 Minutes, Third Edition

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Summary: Good book to learn the Basics.
Review: This book is what it says it is. Very good book on how to learn SQL basics!! When you have completed this book, you will be able to do most of the queries that you need for your job. It is not written to teach you the complex parts of SQL, but it does touch these. I recommend this book to anyone that needs to learn SQL for reports or programming.

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Summary: An excellent learning/reference tool for the SQL beginner!
Review: This little book is straightforward and well organized. It covers all of the major DBMS platforms, like Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Access, MySQL, and Oracle. Each of the 22 lessons (chapters) take about 10 minutes to complete -- hence the title, "Teach Yourself SQL in 10 Minutes". There are also appendixes that provide sample scripts, platform information, definitions, etc.

This little book is a fine substitute if you don't have the time or funds to attend a SQL training course.