| | |  | | Home » Sams Teach Yourself SQL in 10 Minutes (3rd Edition) | | | | | | | Product Promotions: | | | | | Description: | | Sams Teach Yourself SQL in 10 Minutes has established itself as the gold standard for introductory SQL books, offering a fast-paced accessible tutorial to the major themes and techniques involved in applying the SQL language. Forta¿s examples are clear and his writing style is crisp and concise. As with earlier editions, this revision includes coverage of current versions of all major commercial SQL platforms. New this time around is coverage of MySQL, and PostgreSQL. All examples have been tested against each SQL platform, with incompatibilities or platform distinctives called out and explained. | | | Product Details: | | | Author:
| Ben Forta | | Paperback:
| 256 pages | | Publisher:
| Sams | | Publication Date:
| April 10, 2004 | | Language:
| English | | ISBN:
| 0672325675 | | Product Length:
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18 of 20 found the following review helpful:
 Great, but falls shortOct 09, 2011
By Jack
All lessons provide code snippets for examples as well as the corresponding output. Unfortunately there is no way to have a frame of reference since there is no information or illustration of the input. It's a great book, but as many other reviews stated, it is much more suited as a reference book. All in all I would say it is DEFINITELY worth the price, but personally it left me wanting to buy another SQL book, I'm thinking something from Joes 2 Pros.
14 of 15 found the following review helpful:
 SQL Lessons Which Take 10 Minutes Each To CompleteJun 04, 2005
By DiamondDimples
I purchased this book to refresh myself on the basics of SQL. I must say that I am thoroughly impressed with the simplicity of the material. It is a good book if you ever wanted to try learning SQL or need a refresher. The downloadable material along with the step-by-step instructions make this book a much better tutor than the SQL For Dummies.
18 of 21 found the following review helpful:
 Not what I expectedOct 12, 2010
By N. Li
This booklet gives you instructions on how to run different SQL commands, and it does so by just throwing you the rigid command lines. You want run a JOIN script? here's the syntax, go for it.
It doesn't even give you a scenario and explain to you WHY the script should be written in that way.
I would recommand Joes 2 Pros' Beginner SQL: http://www.amazon.com/Beginning-SQL-Joes-Pros-Hands-/dp/143925317X/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1286860133&sr=1-4
11 of 12 found the following review helpful:
Great Starting BookApr 18, 2005
By Daniel A. Keating
"Dan5150"
The title is "Teach yourself SOL in 10 minutes" so you should know that this is just a starting book and not a complete explanation of the language. And as a starting book this book is great! If you want to learn how to build multiuser relational databases then I would look for a book that doesn't have "in 10 minutes" in the title, but if your looking to get the jist of SQL then this book is for you. I bought the ebook edition and was able to download it instantly. The author includes links to 2 free database utility's, one of which he wrote, that are worth the price of the ebook alone!
25 of 31 found the following review helpful:
If you...Oct 10, 2006
By David
Update (Dec 1, '06): updates marked with >>>
Update (May 5, '12): updates marked with ***
-don't know which program you will be using for SQL and have no knowledge of SQL commands, this book is directed at you and you should get it.
*** I all but stopped programming with SQL for a few years and then came back to it in 2011. When I reviewed this book and my highlights within it, this text remained immensely useful.
-know which program you will be using, get a book on your specific program, because there is enough variation between the programs that another book will serve you much better.
>>>I think I will change this recommendation -- if you don't know SQL, consider this book regardless of which program you are working with.
-are familiar with a few commands in SQL, look for a different book because you will probably breeze through this book and not gain nearly as much as if your time was spent reading something else.
I was in the first category and found this book to be an excellent introduction. With the exception of 2-3 of the 18 lessons, this book is quite clear...those 2-3 lessons just take a bit more time getting familiar with the concepts. You won't find yourself breezing through the chapters in 10 minutes each, with the possible exception of the first 5 or so, but the lessons do only take about 20 minutes on average and are straight-forward.
>>>The book teaches by example, which I'm typically not a big fan of, but this book pulled it off well.
*** I now really enjoy instruction by example since it provides something concrete to hang onto and think about. This book probably was the initial prompt that made me a convert to this learning and teaching style, then Made to Stick made me a full convert to that style.
So, if you are brand new to SQL and don't know what program you will be using, buy this book and take an hour each day for a week to read it.
>>>If you are new to SQL, consider buying this book, but... you may also benefit from the free tutorial on w3schools . com, which is found under the PHP section. Having now done some MySQL for a website, I can certainly say this book is useful and I gained from its pages but I would also recommend the free tutorial before purchasing (both because it is free and because it is actually a very good tutorial on both PHP and MySQL).
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