Sams Teach Yourself SQL in 10 Minutes, 4th Edition

Sams Teach Yourself SQL in 10 Minutes, Fourth Edition

New full-color code examples help you see how SQL statements are structured

Whether you’re an application developer, database administrator, web application designer, mobile app developer, or Microsoft Office users, a good working knowledge of SQL is an important part of interacting with databases. And Sams Teach Yourself SQL in 10 Minutes offers the straightforward, practical answers you need to help you do your job.

Expert trainer and popular author Ben Forta teaches you just the parts of SQL you need to know—starting with simple data retrieval and quickly going on to more complex topics including the use of joins, subqueries, stored procedures, cursors, triggers, and tabel constraints.

You’ll learn methodically, systematically, and simply–in 22 short, quick lessons that will each take only 10 minutes or less to complete.

With the Fourth Edition of this worldwide bestseller, the book has been thoroughly updated, expanded, and improved. Lessons now cover the latest versions of IBM DB2, Microsoft Access, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL, SQLite, MariaDB, and Apache Open Office Base. And new full-color SQL code listings help the beginner clearly see the elements and structure of the language.

10 minutes is all you need to learn how to…

• Use the major SQL statements
• Construct complex SQL statements using multiple clauses and operators
• Retrieve, sort, and format database contents
• Pinpoint the data you need using a variety of filtering techniques
• Use aggregate functions to summarize data
• Join two or more related tables
• Insert, update, and delete data
• Create and alter database tables
• Work with views, stored procedures, and more

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Understanding SQL
Chapter 2 Retrieving Data
Chapter 3 Sorting Retrieved Data
Chapter 4 Filtering Data
Chapter 5 Advanced Data Filtering
Chapter 6 Using Wildcard Filtering
Chapter 7 Creating Calculated Fields
Chapter 8 Using Data Manipulation Functions
Chapter 9 Summarizing Data
Chapter 10 Grouping Data
Chapter 11 Working with Subqueries
Chapter 12 Joining Tables
Chapter 13 Creating Advanced Joins
Chapter 14 Combining Queries
Chapter 15 Inserting Data
Chapter 16 Updating and Deleting Data
Chapter 17 Creating and Manipulating Tables
Chapter 18 Using Views
Chapter 19 Working with Stored Procedures
Chapter 20 Managing Transaction Processing
Chapter 21 Using Cursors
Chapter 22 Understanding Advanced SQL Features

Appendix A: Sample Table Scripts
Appendix B: Working in Popular Applications
Appendix C : SQL Statement Syntax
Appendix D: Using SQL Datatypes
Appendix E: SQL Reserved Words