Re: [HACKERS] Availability of SQL standards - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: [HACKERS] Availability of SQL standards
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Msg-id 199912041901.OAA16289@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to Availability of SQL standards  (Peter Eisentraut <e99re41@csd.uu.se>)
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> As I get more involved with this project, and just in general, I was
> thinking that it might be a good idea to have the SQL standards around.
> I understand that the standards organizations are selling those, but a
> quick search showed way too many documents at way too high prices in a way
> too far away locality.
> 
> Are there any commercially available books that cover these as well to a
> reasonable extent? I guess I can live without the technical grammar specs
> if it shrinks volume and price. Of course an overview of actual
> implementations (a.k.a. "how does Oracle do it") might be nice, too. I'm
> not talking about any "Intro to SQL" books here, but the full deal. What
> do you use? 
> 

I have <I>A Guide to the SQL Standard,</I> by C.J. Date, et. al,
Addison, Wesley

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