Tag Archives: SQL

Oracle PL/SQL Programming

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 … Continue reading

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SQL For MySQL Developers

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.

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SQL, the Complete Reference

SQL, the Complete Reference / Paul Weinberg, McGraw-Hill, 2009 Here’s a top reference book for database programmers. 850 pages.

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Information Modeling and Relational Databases

Information Modeling and Relational Databases, 2nd ed. / Terry Halpin, Morgan Kaufman, 2008 900 pages, hardcover.

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Database design : know it all

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, … Continue reading

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Head first PHP & MySQL

Head first PHP & MySQL / Lynn Beighley, Michael Morrison, O’Reilly, 2009 A tutorial with visual gags that will keep anyone, teen or older, glued to the pages. It still retains the great O’Reilly quality. 750 pages.

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Professional Microsoft SQL server

Professional Microsoft SQL server 2008 programming / Rob Vieira, Wiley, 2009 Here is a book on SQL, “business intelligence”, and more that you will like if you use Microsoft systems. 850 pages.

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LINQ in action

LINQ in action / Fabrice Marguerie, Steve Eichert, Jim Wooley, Manning, 2008 This book is for .net programmers. You will be using LINQ to query databases, XML, objects, and internet data sources. It is well written, 500 pages.

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Expert MySQL

Expert MySQL / Charles A. Bell, APress, 2007 Here is a book on the internals of MySQL, which will be useful when you want to improve or extend it. The book should also be interesting to you if you are … Continue reading

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Smart business intelligence solutions with Microsoft SQL Server

Smart business intelligence solutions with Microsoft SQL Server 2008 / Lynn Langit, Microsoft, 2009 This book is not much about SQL, but more about Microsoft’s tools for data ‘mining’, ‘warehousing’, OLAP, and such. Learn about the ‘cube’ which can contain … Continue reading

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