Sams Teach Yourself SQL in 10 Minutes offers straightforward practical answers when you need
fast results. By working through the book's 22 lessons of 10 minutes or less students will
learn what they need to know to take advantage of the SQL language. Lessons cover IBM DB2
Microsoft SQL Server and SQL Server Express MariaDB MySQL Oracle and Oracle express
PostgreSQL and SQLite. Full-color code examples help you understand how SQL statements are
structured Tips point out shortcuts and solutions Cautions help you avoid common pitfalls Notes
explain additional concepts and provide additional information 10 minutes is all students need
to learn how to... Use the major SQL statements Construct complex SQL statements using multiple
clauses and operators Retrieve sort and format database contents Pinpoint the data you need
using a variety of filtering techniques Use aggregate functions to summarize data Join two or
more related tables Insert update and delete data Create and alter database tables Work with
views stored procedures and more
