SQL Fundamentals

Rating:
Summary: Good writing; terrible editing
Review: This is a fine, fast introduction to SQL. The writing is clear and concise. The book is very well organized focusing on practical SQL and giving examples in SQL's two major dialects. The examples are well thought out; the sample code works. The diagrams showing how data is changed by a command are very helpful.

The book might have been a good reference - an Oracle-Access Rosetta stone - but the index suffers from the same careless editing as the rest of the book - e.g., the column or page containing references to the letter "J" is missing.

Why the author's preface thanks the publisher is beyond me. His book deserved better treatment than this. Nevertheless, I still recommend this book to anyone who wants to learn SQL in a hurry.