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Oracle Database 11g PL/SQL

rleir — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 23:56:36 +0000

Oracle Database 11g PL/SQL programming workbook / Michael McLaughlin, McGraw-Hill, 2010

Database programmers will find this useful. 450 pages.

OCA Oracle Database

rleir — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:45:36 +0000

OCA Oracle Database : SQL certified expert exam guide : (exam 1Z0-047) / Steve O’Hearn, McGraw-Hill, 2010

If you are a programmer doing SQL for Oracle, this book will help you get certified. 700 pages.

Murach’s ADO.NET 3.5

rleir — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:11:25 +0000

Murach’s ADO.NET 3.5 : LINQ and the Entity Framework with C# 2008 / Anne Boehm, Murach, c2009.

This is for the programmer who is developing web apps on Microsoft servers. It starts with very simple steps. Large format, 650 pages.

OCA/OCP Oracle 11g exams 1Z0-051, 1Z0-052, and 1Z0-053

rleir — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 23:01:48 +0000

OCA/OCP Oracle Database 11g all-in-one exam guide : exams 1Z0-051, 1Z0-052, and 1Z0-053 / John Watson, McGraw-Hill, 2010

If you want to get certified, this book will help. 1000 pages, hardcover. Includes a CD with the book in electronic format.

Oracle PL/SQL Programming

rleir — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 21:17:14 +0000

Oracle PL/SQL Programming 5th ed / by Steven Feuerstein, O’Reilly, 2009

Here is a wealth of information on SQL programming for Oracle’s database. There is also good coverage of Oracle’s Pascal like PL language. Well written, but an unwieldy 1100 pages.

Joe Celko’s SQL For Smarties

rleir — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:24:40 +0000

Joe Celko’s SQL For Smarties : advanced SQL programming, third ed. / Joe Celko, Morgan Kaufmann, 2005

If you can get past the cute title, this book is good (though slightly dated). 800 pages.

SQL For MySQL Developers

rleir — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:43:58 +0000

SQL For MySQL Developers : a comprehensive tutorial and reference / Rick F. van der Lans, Addison-Wesley, 2007

Here is an intro to SQL. Most of this book is not specific to MySQL. 1000 pages.

SQL, the Complete Reference

rleir — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 10:00:36 +0000

SQL, the Complete Reference / Paul Weinberg, McGraw-Hill, 2009

Here’s a top reference book for database programmers. 850 pages.

Information Modeling and Relational Databases

rleir — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 11:47:46 +0000

Information Modeling and Relational Databases, 2nd ed. / Terry Halpin, Morgan Kaufman, 2008

900 pages, hardcover.

Database design : know it all

rleir — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:50:43 +0000

Database design : know it all / Stephen Buxton, Morgan Kaufmann /Elsevier, 2009

Here is a compendium of chapters by 17 authors, all of who are experts on databases. It is a mix of theory and practical information. 350 pages, hardcover.