Head First SQL: Your Brain on SQL -- A Learner's Guide

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Author: Lynn Beighley

ISBN-10: 0596526849

ISBN-13: 9780596526849

Category: Applications & Languages - Databases

Is your data dragging you down? Are your tables all tangled up? Well we've got the tools to teach you just how to wrangle your databases into submission. Using the latest research in neurobiology, cognitive science, and learning theory to craft a multi-sensory SQL learning experience, Head First SQL has a visually rich format designed for the way your brain works, not a text-heavy approach that puts you to sleep.\ Maybe you've written some simple SQL queries to interact with databases. But...

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With its visually rich format designed for the way the brain works, this series of engaging narrative lessons that build on each other gives readers hands-on experience working with the SQL database language.

Advance Praise for Head First SQLPraise for other Head First booksPraise for the Head First ApproachAuthor of Head First SQLHow to use this Book: IntroChapter 1: Data and Tables: A place for everythingChapter 2: The SELECT Statement: Gifted data retrievalChapter 3: DELETE and UPDATE: A change will do you goodChapter 4: Smart Table Design: Why be normal? Chapter 5: Alter: Rewriting the PastChapter 6: Advanced Select: Seeing your data with new eyesChapter 7: Multi-Table Database Design: Outgrowing your tableChapter 8: Joins and Multi-Table Operations: Can’t we all just get along? Chapter 9: Subqueries: Queries within queriesChapter 10: Outer Joins, Self-Joins, and Unions: New maneuversChapter 11: Constraints, Views, and Transactions: Too many cooks spoil the databaseChapter 12: Security: Protecting your assetsLeftovers: The Top Ten Topics (we didn’t cover)MySQL Installation: Try it out for yourselfTools Roundup: All your new SQL tools