Discovering SQL: A Hands-On Guide for Beginners

CHAPTER 1: DROWNING IN DATA, DYING OF THIRST FOR KNOWLEDGE.

CHAPTER 2: BREAKING AND ENTERING: STRUCTURED INFORMATION.

CHAPTER 3: A THING YOU CAN RELATE TO — DESIGNING A RELATIONAL DATABASE.

CHAPTER 4: OVERCOMING THE LIMITATIONS OF SQL.

CHAPTER 5: GROUPING AND AGGREGATION.

CHAPTER 6: WHEN ONE IS NOT ENOUGH: A QUERY WITHIN A QUERY.

CHAPTER 7: YOU BROKE IT; YOU FIX IT: COMBINING DATA SETS.

CHAPTER 8: WHAT ELSE IS THERE, AND WHY?

CHAPTER 9: OPTIMIZING PERFORMANCE.

CHAPTER 10: MULTIUSER ENVIRONMENT.

CHAPTER 11: WORKING WITH UNSTRUCTURED AND SEMISTRUCTURED DATA.

CHAPTER 12: NOT BY SQL ALONE.

APPENDIX A: INSTALLING RDBMSS RDBMS SOFTWARE.

APPENDIX B: ACCESSING RDBMSS.

APPENDIX C: ACCESSING RDBMSS WITH THE SQUIRREL UNIVERSAL SQL CLIENT.

APPENDIX D: INSTALLING THE LIBRARY DATABASE.

INDEX.