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| Sams Teach Yourself SQL in 10 Minutes (3rd Edition) (Sams Teach Yourself) | 
| Author: Ben Forta
Publisher: Sams
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (140 reviews)
Sales Rank: 21298
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Edition: 3
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 256
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 5.4 x 0.7
ISBN: 0672325675
Dewey Decimal Number: 005.7565
UPC: 752063325674
EAN: 9780672325670
ASIN: 0672325675
Publication Date: April 10, 2004
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| Customer Reviews:
 PERFECT! AWESOME! Need I say more? May 7, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
When I went for a job interview a few months ago all I knew about SQL was that it had something to do with databases. When I informed the interviewer I didn't know SQL, the look on his face let me know I was doomed. So as soon as I left that interview I got online and purchased this book determined to learn as much as I can, in an inexpensive way, and quickly. Wow! This book turned out to be all of those things. It is very easy to understand and made SQL seem like a breeze. I loved the examples and plan to purchase an intermediate-advanced SQL book very soon. Hope SAMS Teach Yourself can help me out with one of those too. With their help I think I can add 'knowlege of SQL' on my resume.
 I knew nothing about SQL April 1, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Good intro and you do learn the language and how to understand and write it by using this book
THIS AUTHOR IS SERIOUS!!!........within 10 minutes you can teach yourself a new language February 21, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
SQL in 10 minutes?? ......I thought this guy was kidding. He wasn't. The main reason why I couldn't get a job was because I didn't know SQL, within one hour I read the book, tried all the examples, wrote SQL on my resume, applied for a job and got the job the next day requiring SQL experience :)
This language is so easy to learn, it feels more like an application than a programming language. It seems as though the whole language is really just 3 words, select, from & where, although I'm still new and theres probably a tonne more but I didn't need to know that to get the job.
Compare it to learning c,c++, Fortran and other languages for the first time where you learn to define variables, learn the functions, test cases, inputs, outputs, etc, etc. SQL you pretty much type in the inputs and you receive the outputs...its a really intuitive language, anyone can start learning within minutes. Highly recommend this book, its also probably the best quick reference out there if you need to solve a particular problem.
Very Beginner December 21, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is a true beginner's book. This is a book for people who know nothing about SQL. It is very helpful for starters.
 Sincere warning to newbies: Don't buy this book!!! September 23, 2007
3 out of 14 found this review helpful
This is my first review and I'm sad to say it is a negative one. I bought this book after having read all the other positive reviews. I discounted some of the few negative ones.
This book requires you download and run a couple of scripts to create and populate sample tables. I provides HORRIBLE instructions on how to do this.
This guy, Ben, was nice enough to create a site where users can ask him questions. You will be lucky if he responds to your question but even if he does, it will be rather smug, and in my case, incomplete.
I bear no ill will towards this guy, but caveat emptor - unless you are already very comfortable with struggling mightily with lots of time to burn to get basic questions answered - don't buy this book.
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