SQL: The Complete Reference

SQL: The Complete Reference

Book Summary of SQL: The Complete Reference

Get comprehensive coverage of every aspect of SQL from three leading industry experts. Revised with coverage of the latest RDBMS software versions, this one-stop guide explains how to build, populate, and administer high-performance databases and develop robust SQL-based applications.

SQL: The Complete Reference, Third Edition shows you how to work with SQL commands and statements, set up relational databases, load and modify database objects, perform powerful queries, tune performance, and implement reliable security policies. Learn how to employ DDL statements and APIs, integrate XML and Java scripts, use SQL objects, build web servers, handle remote access, and perform distributed transactions. Techniques for managing in-memory, stream, and embedded databases that run on today's mobile, handheld, and wireless devices are included in this in-depth volume.

• Build SQL-based relational databases and applications
• Create, load, and modify database objects using SQL
• Construct and execute simple, multitable, and summary queries
• Implement security measures with authentication, privileges, roles, and views
• Handle database optimization, backup, recovery, and replication
• Work with stored procedures, functions, extensions, triggers, and objects
• Extend functionality using APIs, dynamic SQL, and embedded SQL
• Explore advanced topics such as DBMS transactions, locking mechanisms, materialized views, and two-phase commit protocol
• Understand the latest market trends and the future of SQL

About the Author
James R. Groff is senior vice president of business strategy at Oracle Corporation. He is a SQL expert whose SQL-oriented software company, TimesTen Performance Software, was acquired by Oracle in 2005.

Paul N. Weinberg is senior vice president of NetWeaver MDM at SAP. He is a SQL expert whose SQL-oriented software company, A2i, Inc., was acquired by SAP in 2004. Weinberg is the bestselling author, with James Groff, of the previous editions of this book.

Table of Contents
Part I: An Overview of SQL

• Chapter 1. Introduction
• Chapter 2. A Quick Tour of SQL
• Chapter 3. SQL in Perspective
• Chapter 4. Relational Databases

Part II: Retrieving Data

• Chapter 5. SQL Basics
• Chapter 6. Simple Queries
• Chapter 7. Multitable Queries (Joins)
• Chapter 8. Summary Queries
• Chapter 9. Subqueries and Query Expressions

Part III: Updating Data

• Chapter 10. Database Updates
• Chapter 11. Data Integrity
• Chapter 12. Transaction Processing

Part IV: Database Structure

• Chapter 13. Creating a Database
• Chapter 14. Views
• Chapter 15. SQL Security
• Chapter 16. The System Catalog

Part V: Programming with SQL

• Chapter 17. Embedded SQL
• Chapter 18. Dynamic SQL*
• Chapter 19. SQL APIs

Part VI: SQL Today and Tomorrow

• Chapter 20. Database Processing and Stored Procedural SQL
• Chapter 21. SQL and Data Warehousing
• Chapter 22. SQL and Application Servers
• Chapter 23. SQL Networking and Distributed Databases
• Chapter 24. SQL and Objects
• Chapter 25. SQL and XML
• Chapter 26. Specialty Databases
• Chapter 27. The Future of SQL

Part VII: Appendixes
Appendix A. The Sample Database
Appendix B. DBMS Vendor Profiles
Appendix C. SQL Syntax Reference
Index

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