Troubleshooting SQL (Application Development S.) - Softcover

Houlette, Forrest

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0072134895 ISBN 13: 9780072134896

Publisher: Osborne/McGraw-Hill, 2001

Synopsis

This programmer's resource explains how to optimize SQL statements and procedures and create a customized SQL debugging environment for error-free applications. You'll get programming tips, best practices, plus coverage of Oracle SQL and PL/SQL and T-SQL for SQL Server.

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About the Author

Forrest Houlette is a computer writer and consultant and president of Write Environment, Inc., a consulting firm that specializes in Visual Basic software development, custom documentation, training, and software for both education and business. Forrest focuses on writing about computers and creating custom software. He is a former Learning Tree International instructor, for whom he taught courses Windows 95, Windows NT, Office 97, and Visual. He has authored or co-authored books for IDG, New Riders Publishing, Que, and Sybex. He is also a Microsoft Certified Product Specialist.

From the Back Cover

The Ultimate Resource for Developing Error-Free SQL Operations

Create a functional debugging environment to develop Structured Query Language solutions efficiently and troubleshoot SQL statements effectively. Use best practices to help perform maintenance, and to find and fix bugs when they do occur. Explore and familiarize yourself with SQL programming problems, learn to write code that's portable across databases, and realize efficiencies by expressing data in a variety of types. Develop the skills you need to debug SQL, and learn to move deftly and creatively around almost every limitation that SQL imposes on your operating environment.Write trouble-free SQL statements and procedures Optimize SQL statements and avoid problem areas Join and aggregate data and other SQL Select statements Debug and use practical regions and sequences Use and debug arrays, sets, and graphs Understand tree structures and hierarchies Secure data and protect response time Examine the appropriate use of data types Select, insert, update, and delete data using SQL syntax Recognize and mitigate fatal and logical errors Format SQL for single queries or extensive procedures using best practices

Edition details

• Publisher: Osborne/McGraw-Hill
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0072134895
• ISBN 13: 9780072134896
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 384