Thread: OFFTOPIC: SQL book
I was asked for a good SQL book for beginners. Does anyone have a recommendation. It's so long since I learned SQL that I simply do not know anymore how I got started. Michael -- Michael Meskes Michael@Fam-Meskes.De Go SF 49ers! Go Rhein Fire! Use Debian GNU/Linux! Use PostgreSQL!
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On Wed, 7 Jun 2000, Michael Meskes wrote:
> I was asked for a good SQL book for beginners. Does anyone have a
> recommendation. It's so long since I learned SQL that I simply do not know
> anymore how I got started.
>
> Michael
> --
> Michael Meskes
> Michael@Fam-Meskes.De
> Go SF 49ers! Go Rhein Fire!
> Use Debian GNU/Linux! Use PostgreSQL!
>
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Michael Meskes <meskes@postgresql.org> wrote: > I was asked for a good SQL book for beginners. Does anyone have a > recommendation. It's so long since I learned SQL that I simply do not know > anymore how I got started. Well, as a relative beginner, allow me to offer a suggestion to stay away from the book I've been reading: "Understanging The New SQL: A Complete Guide" by Melton and Simon. This is not the worst technical book I've read, but something seems to be subtly *off* about it... it's a little too repetitious, it jumps back and fourth just a little too much. I'm not sure what the problem is exactly, but I think there's a hint in the way they insist pedantically that "SQL" is not to be pronounced "sequel". There's a bunch of material available on-line, of course: This claims to be the only comprehensive on-line introduction to SQL: http://w3.one.net/~jhoffman/sqltut.htm An SQL on-line course, that evidentally allows you to play with a database interactively to test out examples: http://sqlcourse.com/ And Philip Greenspun has one of the more entertaining introductions: http://www.arsdigita.com/books/panda/databases-choosing
On Wed, Jun 07, 2000 at 12:33:10AM -0700, Joe Brenner wrote: > There's a bunch of material available on-line, of course: > ... Thanks. Michael -- Michael Meskes Michael@Fam-Meskes.De Go SF 49ers! Go Rhein Fire! Use Debian GNU/Linux! Use PostgreSQL!