SQL Queries for Mere Mortals: A Hands-On Guide to Data Manipulation in SQL Edition: Fourth

by Viescas, John L

Programming

Book Details

Book Title

SQL Queries for Mere Mortals: A Hands-On Guide to Data Manipulation in SQL Edition: Fourth edition

Author

Viescas, John L

Publisher

Addison-Wesley Professional City: Boston

Publication Date

2018

ISBN

9780134858357

Number of Pages

1022

Language

English

Format

PDF

File Size

21.6MB

Subject

programming,sql-queries

Table of Contents

  • Introduction
  • PART I: RELATIONAL DATABASES AND SQL
  • Chapter 1: What Is Relational?
  • Chapter 2: Ensuring Your Database Structure Is Sound
  • Chapter 3: A Concise History of SQL
  • PART II: SQL BASICS
  • Chapter 4: Creating a Simple Query
  • Chapter 5: Getting More Than Simple Columns
  • Chapter 6: Filtering Your Data
  • III: WORKING WITH MULTIPLE TABLES
  • Chapter 7: Thinking in Sets
  • Chapter 8: INNER JOINs
  • Chapter 9: OUTER JOINs
  • Chapter 10: UNIONs
  • Chapter 11: Subqueries
  • IV: SUMMARIZING AND GROUPING DATA
  • Chapter 12: Simple Totals
  • Chapter 13: Grouping Data
  • Chapter 14: Filtering Grouped Data
  • PART V: MODIFYING SETS OF DATA
  • Chapter 15: Updating Sets of Data
  • Chapter 16: Inserting Sets of Data
  • Chapter 17: Deleting Sets of Data
  • VI: INTRODUCTION TO SOLVING TOUGH PROBLEMS
  • Chapter 18: “NOT” and “AND” Problems
  • Chapter 19: Condition Testing
  • Chapter 20: Using Unlinked Data and “Driver” Tables
  • Chapter 21: Performing Complex Calculations on Groups
  • Chapter 22: Partitioning Data into Windows
  • In Closing
  • PART VII: APPENDICES
  • Appendix A: SQL Standard Diagrams
  • Appendix B: Schema for the Sample Databases
  • Appendix C: Date and Time Types, Operations, and Functions
  • Appendix D: Suggested Reading
  • Index