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SQL Practical Guide for Developers

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ISBN-10: 0122205316

ISBN-13: 9780122205316

Edition: 2005

Authors: Michael J. Donahoo, Gregory D. Speegle

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This guide is aimed at computing professionals and programmers who need to learn the basics of SQL quickly. It offers tutorial-based instruction, using examples and explanations, with self-assessment exercises at the end of each chapter.
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Book details

List price: $37.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Elsevier Science & Technology Books
Publication date: 8/1/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 7.50" wide x 9.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English

Databasics
Tables
Data Types
Character String
Numeric
Temporal
Binary
Boolean
Other Data Types
NULL
Primary Key
Table Relationships
Foreign Key
Relationship Types
Schemas
Restaurant Database
Wrap Up
Retrieval: Basic SELECTion
Simple SELECT
Selecting Rows
Standard Comparison Operators
String Comparisons
Matching String Patterns with LIKE
Getting What We Haven't Got with NOT
Combining Conditions with AND and OR
Selecting a Range of Values with BETWEEN
Selecting a Set of Values Using IN
IS NULL: Exploring the Unknown
ANDs, ORs, NOTs with NULLs: Three-Valued Logic
Three-Valued Logic and the IN Operator
How WHERE Determines What's In and Out
Wrap Up
Reshaping Results
AS: Naming Result Table Columns
DISTINCT and ALL: Dealing with Duplicates
Derived Attributes
Numeric
Character String
Temporal
Binary
Computation in the WHERE Clause
ORDER BY: Ordering Result Table Traversal
CAST: Data Type Conversion
CASE, COALESCE, and NULLIF: Conditional Expressions
CASE: Value List
CASE: Conditional List
NULLIF
COALESCE
Wrap Up
Aggregating Results
Aggregation Functions
AVG and SUM
MIN and MAX
COUNT
Removing Rows before Aggregation with WHERE
Removing Repeating Data with DISTINCT before Aggregation
Mixing Attributes, Aggregates, and Literals
Group Aggregation Using GROUP BY
Removing Rows before Grouping with WHERE
Sorting Groups with ORDER BY
Removing Groups with HAVING
Aggregates over Expressions
Wrap Up
Joins
Two Table Joins with WHERE
Table Aliases
Joins Needing More Than Two Tables
Self-Join: Joining a Table with Itself
Example Joins
How Does a Join Really Work?
Theta Joins: Generalizing Join Predicates
JOIN Operator
Inner Join
Outer Join
Natural Join
Cross Join
Join Strategies
Wrap Up
Set Queries: UNION, INTERSECT, and EXCEPT
Union
Intersect
Except
Wrap Up
Subqueries
What Are Subqueries?
Multilevel Subquery Nesting
Subqueries Using NOT IN
Subqueries with Empty Results
Combining JOIN and Subqueries
Standard Comparison Operators with Lists Using ANY, SOME, or ALL
ANY or SOME
All
Correlated Subqueries
Exists
Derived Relations-Subqueries in the FROM Clause
Subqueries in the HAVING Clause
Subset Queries
Subset Using EXISTS and EXCEPT
Subset Using Set Cardinality
Comparing Set Cardinality and Subsets
Subqueries in the SELECT Clause
Wrap Up
Modifying Data
INSERT: Adding New Rows
INSERTing a Row with VALUES
INSERTing Multiple Rows with SELECT
DELETE: Removing Rows
UPDATE: Changing Row Values
Testing Your DELETE and UPDATE WHERE Conditions
Living within Constraints
Wrap Up
Creating, Deleting, and Altering Tables
Creating Simple Tables
DEFAULT Values
Constraints
Not Null
Unique
Primary Key
Foreign Key
Check
Naming Constraints
Creating a Table from Tables
Create Domain
Referential Actions: The Autopilot of Foreign Key Maintenance
Indexes
Create Index
Drop Index
Indexes Are NOT in SQL 2003
Drop Table
Alter Table
Generated Values
Sequences
Global and Local Temporary Tables
Creating a Database
Wrap Up
Views
Why Views?
Querying Views
Updating Views
Drop View
Wrap Up
Transactions
Ending a Transaction-COMMIT and ROLLBACK
Starting a Transaction-START TRANSACTION
Auto-Commit
SAVEPOINTs
Immediate or Deferred Constraints
Testing Changes with Transactions
Transaction Characteristics
Locking Issues
Wrap Up
Database Privileges
Grant
Revoke
Public
Creating a Set of Privileges Using ROLEs
Using Privileges and Views
Wrap Up
Introduction to Cursors, Embedded SQL, Stored Procedures, and Triggers
CURSORs
Programming with SQL
Stored Procedures
Executing SQL in Other Programming Languages
Triggers
Create Trigger
Trigger Firing Rules
Drop Trigger
Using Triggers
Wrap Up
Index