TY  - BOOK
AU  - Stephens,Ryan K.
AU  - Stephens,Ryan K.
AU  - Plew,Ronald R.
AU  - Morgan,Bryan
TI  - Teach yourself SQL in 21 days
SN  - 9780672311109 (pbk.) :
U1  - 005.73 STE 
PY  - 1997///
CY  - Indianapolis, Ind.
PB  - Sams
KW  - SQL (Computer program language)
KW  - Relational databases
KW  - Database management
KW  - Computers and IT
KW  - ukslc
KW  - Programming & scripting languages: general
KW  - thema
KW  - Database programming
KW  - Database software
N1  - Includes index; Text on inside covers; Includes index; Week 1:At a Glance.  Day 1.Introduction to SQL -- Day 2.Introduction to Query: The SELECT Statement -- Day 3.Expressions, Conditions and Operators -- Day 4.Functions: Molding the Data You Retrieve -- Day 5.Clauses in SQL -- Day 6.Joining Tables -- Day 7.Subqueries: The Embedded SELECT Statement.  Week 2:At a Glance.  Day 8.Manipulating Data -- Day 9.Creating and Maintaining Tables -- Day 10.Creating Views and Indexes --Day 11.Controlling Transactions -- Day 12.Database Security -- Day 13.Advance SQL Topics -- Day 14.Dynamic Uses of SQL.  Week 3:At a Glance.  Day 15.Streamlining SQL Statements for Improved Peformance -- Day 16.Using Views to Retrieve Useful Information from the Data Dictionary -- Day 17.Using SQL to Generate SQL Statements -- Day 18 PL/SQL: An Introduction -- Day 19.Transact-SQL: An Introduction -- Day 20.SQL*Plus -- Day 21.Common SQL Mistakes/Errors and Resolutions
N2  - Starting with a history lesson the book explains common database concepts, enabling the reader to retrieve data from a RDBMS in a week. The SQL functions are covered so that quickly, the reader can query the database without recourse to 'wizards'
ER  -