SQL Pocket Guide 3e - Softcover

Gennick, Jonathan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1449394094 ISBN 13: 9781449394097

Publisher: O′Reilly, 2010

Synopsis

<div><p>If you're a programmer or database administrator who uses SQL in your day-to-day work, this popular pocket guide is the ideal on-the-job reference. You'll find many examples that address the language's complexity, along with key aspects of SQL used in IBM DB2 Release 9.7, MySQL 5.1, Oracle Database 11g Release 2, PostgreSQL 9.0, and Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Release 2.</p><p><i>SQL Pocket Guide</i> describes how these database systems implement SQL syntax for querying, managing transactions, and making changes to data. It also shows how the systems use SQL functions, regular expression syntax, and type conversion functions and formats.</p><p>All example SQL statements in this book execute against a set of tables, with data that you can quickly download. The third edition covers important database changes, including:</p><ul><li>Oracle's support of the recursive WITH syntax, and addition of PIVOT and UNPIVOT operators</li><li>Functions new to Oracle, such as LISTAGG, NTH_VALUE, and more</li><li>PostgreSQL&#226;??s support of recursive WITH and some window functions</li><li>DB2 syntax and datatypes, some compatible with Oracle</li><li>MySQL features such as the TIMESTAMP type and the TO_SECONDS function</li></ul></div>

About this title

About the Author

Jonathan Gennick is an O'Reilly Media, Inc. editor specializing in database and programming titles. Prior to joining O'Reilly, Jonathan amassed some 17 years of programming and database management experience. During the latter part of his career he specialized in relational database programming, and more recently in database management. Jonathan got his start with relational database systems in 1990, first working with Ingres, and later with Digital's Rdb software. During that period he developed a fondness for SQL, and for the challenge of applying SQL creatively in ways that leveraged it's set-oriented capabilities. In 1994 Jonathan made the leap to Oracle, and is now often found writing about it. Recent projects include Oracle SQL*Loader (O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2001); Oracle SQL*Plus Pocket Reference (O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2000); Oracle SQL*Plus: The Definitive Guide (O'Reilly Media, Inc., 1999); More recently, Jonathan has made forays into other database products, coauthoring Transact-SQL Cookbook (O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2002) and editing Practical PostgreSQL (O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2002). Jonathan is certified as an Oracle DBA and is a member of MENSA and the Oracle Technology Network. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Information and Computer Science, with a Business Administration minor, from Andrews University in Berrien Springs, Michigan. Jonathan currently resides in Munising, Michigan with his wife Donna and their two children: Jenny and Jeff. Jonathan may be contacted by email at jonathan@gennick.com, and you can learn more about him personally by visiting his website at http://gennick.com.

Edition details

• Publisher: O′Reilly
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1449394094
• ISBN 13: 9781449394097
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 208