Synopses & Reviews
Learn to:
- Build relational databases and pull useful information from them
- Create a database management system using SQL
- Secure your database and protect it from corruption
- Use all the latest SQL features
Create more powerful databases and easily access information the secret is SQL!
Our world runs on data more now than ever before. All that data must be stored in a logical way, secure and easily accessible. SQL is the language you use to create database management systems, implement database design, and manage data access. This guide takes you step by step through understanding and applying the latest version of SQL to help you take control of your data like a pro.
- The basic stuff understand the fundamentals of SQL and relational databases
- Speaking the language learn the language of data definition, data manipulation, and data control
- Begin building use a RAD tool to build a simple database, then move into multitable relational databases
- Do things with data discover how to add, update, and retrieve data, and delete what you no longer need
- Find what you want examine techniques for querying your database to retrieve exactly the data you're looking for
- Keep it safe manage user access, make your data less vulnerable to corruption, and understand threats
- Alphabet soup master ODBC and JDBC access, and use SQL on XML data
- Advanced SQL explore adding procedural capabilities with persistent stored modules and handling errors
Open the book and find:
- The wide array of data types
- How to use SQL on the Internet
- Tips for designing tables
- Ways to maintain data integrity
- What you should know about values and value expressions
- How to use subqueries and recursive queries
- All about using triggers
- Ten common mistakes to avoid
Synopsis
Uncover the secrets of SQL and start building better relational databases today!
This fun and friendly guide will help you demystify database management systems so you can create more powerful databases and access information with ease. Updated for the latest SQL functionality,
SQL For Dummies, 8th Edition covers the core SQL language and shows you how to use SQL to structure a DBMS, implement a database design, secure your data, and retrieve information when you need it.
- Includes new enhancements of SQL:2011, including temporal data functionality which allows you to set valid times for transactions to occur and helps prevent database corruption
- Covers creating, accessing, manipulating, maintaining, and storing information in relational database management systems like Access, Oracle, SQL Server, and MySQL
- Provides tips for keeping your data safe from theft, accidental or malicious corruption, or loss due to equipment failures and advice on eliminating errors in your work
Don't be daunted by database development anymore - get SQL For Dummies, 8th Edition, and you'll be on your way to SQL stardom.
About the Author
Allen G. Taylor is a 30-year veteran of the computer industry. He lectures nationally on databases, innovation, and entrepreneurship, and teaches database development internationally through a leading online education provider. He has written more than 20 books, including all editions of SQL For Dummies.
Table of Contents
Introduction 1
Part I: Getting Started with SQL 3
Chapter 1: Relational Database Fundamentals 5
Chapter 2: SQL Fundamentals 21
Chapter 3: The Components of SQL 51
Part II: Using SQL to Build Databases 79
Chapter 4: Building and Maintaining a Simple Database Structure 81
Chapter 5: Building a Multitable Relational Database 105
Part III: Storing and Retrieving Data 137
Chapter 6: Manipulating Database Data 139
Chapter 7: Handling Temporal Data 157
Chapter 8: Specifying Values 171
Chapter 9: Using Advanced SQL Value Expressions 197
Chapter 10: Zeroing In on the Data You Want 211
Chapter 11: Using Relational Operators 243
Chapter 12: Delving Deep with Nested Queries 267
Chapter 13: Recursive Queries 285
Part IV: Controlling Operations 295
Chapter 14: Providing Database Security 297
Chapter 15: Protecting Data 313
Chapter 16: Using SQL within Applications 333
Part V: Taking SQL to the Real World 347
Chapter 17: Accessing Data with ODBC and JDBC 349
Chapter 18: Operating on XML Data with SQL 359
Part VI: Advanced Topics 381
Chapter 19: Stepping through a Dataset with Cursors 383
Chapter 20: Adding Procedural Capabilities with Persistent Stored Modules 393
Chapter 21: Handling Errors 411
Chapter 22: Triggers 423
Part VII: The Part of Tens 429
Chapter 23: Ten Common Mistakes 431
Chapter 24: Ten Retrieval Tips 435
Appendix: SQL: 2011 Reserved Words 439
Index 443