Sams Teach Yourself SQL in 24 Hours, Third Edition presents the key features of SQL (Structured Query Language) in an easy to understand format with updated code examples, notes, diagrams, exercises, and quizzes. New material covers more information on transactions, constructs, embedded databases, and object-oriented programming. In this edition, the authors include examples based on a database like MySQL, a very popular open source database.
Part I: A SQL Concepts Overview
Part II: Building Your Database
Part III: Getting Effective Results from Queries
Part IV: Building Sophisticated Database Queries
Part V: SQL Performance Tuning
Part VI: Using SQL to Manage Users and Security
Part VII: Summarized Data Structures
Part VIII: Applying SQL Fundamentals in Today's World
Part IX: Appendixes