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- From: Tom Moellering <moeller@convex.com>
- Subject: Good SQL Referrence
- Originator: moeller@neptune.convex.com
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- Message-ID: <1992Dec17.203647.22633@news.eng.convex.com>
- Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 20:36:47 GMT
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- Does anyone care to share what there favorite SQL text is, and why?
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- I am up to speed on Oracle and SQL in general (took the PC-based training), and
- I have written my share of Pro*C programs and SQLPlus scripts. And all of my
- selects have been coded the hard way.
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- However, I can't seem to find an advanced user's guide for SQL. (By advanced
- I do not mean the following:
- 5 different ways to say 'not equal'
- 29 business functions that you will never use
- DB security
- etc.)
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- What I do mean is that I can't seem to find a text that goes in depth on
- difficult queries. Combinations of all types of joins and subqueries, in
- depth treatment of the different ways of speeding up complex query X. And
- why each one of them works, etc.
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- The books I already have which don't do the SELECT clause justice:
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- The Practical SQL Handbook, by Emerson, Darnovsky, Bowman
- Sybex: Understanding ORACLE, by Lateer
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- Or is there a FAQ with this info available?
- Tom (moeller@convex.com)
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