SQL in a Nutshell [3rd ed] 9780596518844, 2501908538, 5707963267949, 2147483648, 1024914186, 1025051424, 0596518846, 9780596554255, 0596554257, 9780596803254, 0596803257

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SQL in a Nutshell [3rd ed]
 9780596518844, 2501908538, 5707963267949, 2147483648, 1024914186, 1025051424, 0596518846, 9780596554255, 0596554257, 9780596803254, 0596803257

Table of contents :
SQL in a Nutshell
Who Should Read This Book?
How This Book Is Organized
How to Use This Book
Resources
Changes in the Third Edition
Conventions Used in This Book
Using Code Examples
How to Contact Us
Safari® Books Online
Acknowledgments
Daniel Kline & s Acknowledgments
Brand Hunt & s Acknowledgments
1. SQL History and Implementations
NULLs (rule 3)
Metadata (rules 4 and 10)
The language (rules 5 and 11)
Views (rule 6)
Set operations (rules 7 and 12)
Codd & s Rules in Action: Simple SELECT Examples
History of the SQL Standard
What & s New in SQL2003 (SQL3)
Levels of Conformance. Supplemental Features Packages in the SQL3 StandardSQL3 Statement Classes
SQL Dialects
2. Foundational Concepts
Naming conventions
Identifier rules
Literals
Operators
Assignment operators
Bitwise operators
Comparison operators
Logical operators
Unary operators
Operator precedence
System delimiters and operators
Keywords and Reserved Words
SQL2003 and Platform-Specific Datatypes
Oracle Datatypes
PostgreSQL Datatypes
SQL.

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