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SQL Clearly Explained

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ISBN-10: 012326426X

ISBN-13: 9780123264268

Edition: 1998

Authors: Jan L. Harrington

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Designed for anyone who needs to use SQL with any database management system, this book is packed with tips, tricks, & "that's how it works" information. It also shows readers how to modify data and database structure for ease of use.
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Book details

List price: $39.95
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: Elsevier Science & Technology Books
Publication date: 4/27/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 279
Size: 7.50" wide x 9.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English

Preface to the Second Edition
The Organization of This Book
The CD and the Sample Database
Acknowledgments
Getting Started
Installing and Running MySQL
Linux
Installing Under Linux
Launching the Server Under Linux
Windows
Installing a Windows Distribution
Starting the Server Under Windows
Mac OS X
Creating and Loading Databases
Creating a New Database
Starting the MySQL Daemon
Running the Client
Creating New Users
Creating and Using the Database
Creating the Tables
Populating the Tables
Introduction to SQL
A Bit of SQL History
Conformance Levels
Relational Database Terminology and the Sample Database
Basic Relational Database Concepts
The Online Bookstore Database
Manipulating Relations
SQL Environments
Interactive SQL Command Processors
The Embedded SQL Dilemma
Performing Interactive Data Manipulation
Simple SQL Retrieval
Choosing Columns
Retrieving All Columns
Retrieving Selected Columns
Removing Duplicates
The Relational Algebra Project Operation
Ordering the Result Table
Choosing Rows
Predicates
Performing Row Selection Queries
The Relational Algebra Restrict Operation
Nulls and Retrieval: Three-Valued Logic
Retrieving Data from More Than One Table: Joins
The Relational Algebra Join Operation
A Non-Database Example
Equi-Joins
What's Really Going On: Product and Restrict
SQL Syntax for Inner Joins
Traditional SQL Joins
SQL-92 Join Syntax
Joining Using Concatenated Keys
Joining More Than Two Tables
Finding Multiple Rows in One Table: Joining a Table to Itself
Correlation Names
Performing the Same-Table Join
Outer Joins
The Relational Algebra Outer Join
SQL Syntax for Outer Joins
Valid versus Invalid Joins
Avoiding Joins with Uncorrelated Subqueries
Using the IN Operator
Using the ANY Operator
Nesting Subqueries
Replacing a Same-Table Join with Subqueries
Advanced Retrieval Operations
Union
The Relational Algebra Union Operation and Union Compatibility
Performing a Query That Includes a Union
Alternative SQL-92 Union Syntax
Negative Queries
The Relational Algebra Difference Operation
Performing Queries That Require a Difference
Performing Negative Queries Using MySQL
The EXISTS Operator
CASE Expressions
Calculations and Grouping Queries
Performing Arithmetic
Arithmetic Operators
Operator Precedence
String Manipulations
Concatenation
UPPER and LOWER
TRIM
SUBSTRING
Date and Time Manipulation
Date and Time System Values
Date and Time Arithmetic
Set Functions
COUNT
SUM
AVG
MIN and MAX
Set Functions in Predicates
Changing Data Types: Using CAST
Grouping Queries
Forming Groups
Restricting Groups
Data Modification
Inserting Rows
Inserting One Row
Copying Multiple Rows
Placement of New Rows
Updating Data
Deleting Rows
Deletes and Referential Integrity
Managing Database Structure
Schemas and Tables
Database Object Hierarchy
Naming and Identifying Objects
Schemas
Creating a Schema
Identifying the Schema You Want to Use
Domains
Tables
Column Data Types
Default Values
NOT NULL Constraints
Primary Keys
Foreign Keys
Additional Column Constraints
Views, Temporary Tables, and Indexes
Views
Why We Use Views
Creating Views
Querying Views
View Updatability Issues
Temporary Tables
Creating Temporary Tables
Loading Temporary Tables with Data
Disposition of Temporary Table Rows
Indexes
Deciding Which Indexes to Create
Creating Indexes
Modifying Database Elements
Adding New Columns
Adding Table Constraints
Modifying Columns
Deleting Elements
Renaming Elements
Deleting Database Elements
Granting and Revoking Access Rights
Types of Access Rights
Storing Access Rights
Granting Rights
Revoking Rights
Program-Based Data Manipulation
Users, Sessions, and Transaction Control
The Concurrent Use Data Environment
Muddying the Waters: Isolation Levels
Database User IDs
Database Sessions and Connections
SQL for Connecting and Disconnecting
Session Length Considerations
Transaction Control
Transaction Read/Write Permissions
Transaction Termination
Starting Transactions
Ending Transactions
Transaction Length Considerations
Embedded SQL
The Embedded SQL Environment
Using Host Language Variables
DBMS Return Codes
Retrieving a Single Row
Indicator Variables
Retrieving Multiple Rows: Cursors
Declaring a Cursor
Opening a Cursor
Fetching Rows
Closing a Cursor
Embedded SQL Data Modification
Direct Modification
Indicator Variables and Data Modification
Modification Using Cursors
Deletion Using Cursors
Dynamic SQL
Immediate Execution
Dynamic SQL with Dynamic Parameters
Creating the Statement String
Setting up Parameter Descriptor Areas
Preparing the Statement
Describing, Setting, and Accessing Parameters
Executing the Statement
Removing Dynamic SQL Elements from Main Memory
Additional Language Features
Unimplemented SQL-92 Features
Additional Relational Algebra Operations
The Union Join
Except
Intersect
Additional Predicate Operators
UNIQUE
OVERLAPS
MATCH
Table Constructors in Queries
Additional Foreign Key Options
Assertions
Determining When Constraints Are Checked
Changing the Constraint Mode
Object-Oriented Features of the SQL:1999 Standard
The Basics of Object Orientation
Writing Instructions
Objects
Classes
Class Relationships
Benefits of Object Orientation
SQL:1999 versus Pure Object-Orientation
Object-Relational Support
Typed Tables
Creating Classes
Creating and Using Classes for Domains
Creating Typed Tables
SQL:1999 Inheritance
Querying with Classes
Modifying Data for Classes as Domains
Appendices
The Online Bookstore Database
SQLSTATE Return Codes
SQL Syntax Summary
SQL:1999 Core Features
Glossary
Index