INTRODUCTION TO RELATIONAL DATABASES AND SQL PROGRAMMING

Christopher Allen (Santa Monica, CA) has been a database professional for almost 20 ears. He is an OCP DBA and an OCP Application Developer and has worked on numerous Oracle Financials implementations. In addition, he has taught several hundred computer classes to adults, resulting in extensive experience communicating technical information in ways that are easy to absorb and easy to remember. His published works include the Oracle Certified Professional Application Developer Exam Guide (co-author, Oracle Press), Hard Disk Smarts (John Wiley Publishing), and four books on Lotus (Que). He also served as technical editor for Microsoft's DOS 5 and DOS 6 manuals. He is currently employed at Metier, an Oracle partner company that provides consulting services in the Los Angeles area. McGraw-Hill authors represent the leading experts in their fields and are dedicated to improving the lives, careers, and interests of readers worldwide

1: Introducing Relational Databases 2: Storing and Retrieving Data: The Basics 3: Performing Advanced Data Manipulation 4: Controlling SQL*Plus 5: Oracle SQL Built-in Functions 6: Indexes, Joins, and Subqueries 7: Creating a Program with PL/SQL 8: Reading a Data Model 9: Basics of Designing a Database’s Structure 10: Normalization 11: Analyzing Data Quality Issues 12: Other Useful Oracle Techniques Appendix: On the CD-ROMs