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SQL in 10 Minutes a Day, Sams Teach Yourself, 5th Edition

By Ben Forta
Published Oct 29, 2019 by Sams. Part of the Sams Teach Yourself series.

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Copyright 2020
Pages: 256
Edition: 5th

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ISBN-10: 0-13-518287-5
ISBN-13: 978-0-13-518287-1

Just the parts of SQL you need to know from simple data retrieval to the use of SQL joins, subqueries, stored procedures, cursors, triggers, and table constraints

Designed for anyone interacting with databases, this SQL book methodically, systematically, and simply teaches you in lessons that each take 10 minutes or less to complete. Lessons include

SQL statements, including complex SQL statements using multiple clauses and operators
Data management: retrieve, sort, and format database contents, including inserting, updating, and deleting
Data analytics: Pinpoint the data you need using a variety of filtering techniques and aggregate functions to summarize data
Tables: create, alter, and join database tables
Views
Stored procedures

Expert trainer and popular author Ben Forta created this book for most of us who just need to learn SQL and do not need to understand database design and normalization to relational database theory and administrative concerns.

Each lesson includes

Full-color code examples to help you understand how SQL statements are structured
Tips that point out shortcuts and solutions
Cautions to help you avoid common pitfalls
Notes that explain additional concepts, and provide additional information

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Introduction 1
    Who Is the Teach Yourself SQL Book For? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
    DBMSs Covered in This Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
    Conventions Used in This Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1 Understanding SQL 5
    Database Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
    What Is SQL? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
    Try It Yourself . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
    Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2 Retrieving Data 13
    The SELECT Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
    Retrieving Individual Columns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
    Retrieving Multiple Columns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
    Retrieving All Columns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
    Retrieving Distinct Rows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
    Limiting Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
    Using Comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
    Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
    Challenges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
3 Sorting Retrieved Data 25
    Sorting Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
    Sorting by Multiple Columns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
    Sorting by Column Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
    Specifying Sort Direction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
    Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
    Challenges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
4 Filtering Data 33
    Using the WHERE Clause . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
    The WHERE Clause Operators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
    Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
    Challenges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
5 Advanced Data Filtering 41
    Combining WHERE Clauses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
    Using the IN Operator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
    Using the NOT Operator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
    Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
    Challenges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
6 Using Wildcard Filtering 51
    Using the LIKE Operator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
    Tips for Using Wildcards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
    Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
    Challenges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
7 Creating Calculated Fields 59
    Understanding Calculated Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
    Concatenating Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
    Performing Mathematical Calculations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
    Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
    Challenges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
8 Using Data Manipulation Functions 69
    Understanding Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
    Using Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
    Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
    Challenges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
9 Summarizing Data 79
    Using Aggregate Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
    Aggregates on Distinct Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
    Combining Aggregate Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
    Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
    Challenges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
10 Grouping Data 89
    Understanding Data Grouping. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
    Creating Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
    Filtering Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
    Grouping and Sorting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
    SELECT Clause Ordering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
    Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
    Challenges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
11 Working with Subqueries 99
    Understanding Subqueries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
    Filtering by Subquery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
    Using Subqueries as Calculated Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
    Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
    Challenges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
12 Joining Tables 107
    Understanding Joins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
    Creating a Join . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
    Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
    Challenges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
13 Creating Advanced Joins 117
    Using Table Aliases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
    Using Different Join Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
    Using Joins with Aggregate Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
    Using Joins and Join Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
    Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
    Challenges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
14 Combining Queries 127
    Understanding Combined Queries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
    Creating Combined Queries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
    Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
    Challenges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
15 Inserting Data 135
    Understanding Data Insertion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
    Copying from One Table to Another . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
    Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
    Challenges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
16 Updating and Deleting Data 145
    Updating Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
    Deleting Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
    Guidelines for Updating and Deleting Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
    Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
    Challenges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
17 Creating and Manipulating Tables 151
    Creating Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
    Updating Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
    Deleting Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
    Renaming Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
    Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
    Challenges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
18 Using Views 161
    Understanding Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
    Creating Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
    Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
    Challenges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
19 Working with Stored Procedures 171
    Understanding Stored Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
    Understanding Why to Use Stored Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
    Executing Stored Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
    Creating Stored Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
    Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
20 Managing Transaction Processing 179
    Understanding Transaction Processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
    Controlling Transactions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
    Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
21 Using Cursors 187
    Understanding Cursors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
    Working with Cursors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
    Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
22 Understanding Advanced SQL Features 193
    Understanding Constraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
    Understanding Indexes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
    Understanding Triggers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
    Database Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
    Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
A Sample Table Scripts 203
B SQL Statement Syntax 209
C Using SQL Datatypes 215
D SQL Reserved Words 221
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