Viescas, John,  1947- <br/><br/>
SQL queries for mere mortals :  a hands-on guide to data manipulation in SQL / 
John L. Viescas, Michael J. Hernandez. 
 - 2nd ed. 
 - Upper Saddle River, NJ :  Addison-Wesley,  c2008. 
 - xxxiii, 631 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. +  1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.) 
 - For mere mortals series .
 - For mere mortals series. .
<br/><br/> On t.p. of previous ed. Michael J. Hernandez's name appeared first. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 615) and index. 
<br/><br/>pt. 1. Relational databases and SQL. What is relational? -- Ensuring your database structure is sound -- A concise history of SQL -- pt. 2. SQL basics. Creating a simple query -- Getting more than simple columns -- Filtering your data -- pt. 3. Working with multiple tables. Thinking in sets -- INNER JOINs -- OUTER JOINs -- UNIONs -- Subqueries -- pt. 4. Summarizing and grouping data. Simple totals -- Grouping data -- Filtering grouped data -- pt. 5. Modifying sets of data. Updating sets of data -- Inserting sets of data -- Deleting sets of data. 
<br/><br/><br/>System requirements for accompanying disc: 32 MB RAM; 20 MB free hard disk space; Windows 95/98/2000/NT; Internet Explorer 5; sound card; CD-ROM drive. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0321444434 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780321444431 (pbk. : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2007026881 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>SQL (Computer program language)<br/>Database searching.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QA76.73.S67  / H48 2008 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>005.75/85