SQL The Complete Reference

McGraw-Hill authors represent the leading experts in their fields and are dedicated to improving the lives, careers, and interests of readers worldwide Paul N. Weinberg and James R. Groff are the authors of Using SQL, the book on which this guide is based. They were also the cofounders of Network Innovations Corporation, developers of SQL-based network software. Groff speaks and writes on SQL and UNIX topics. Weinberg is currently a developer at Apple Computer Corporation. Andrew J. (Andy) Oppel is a proud graduate of The Boys’ Latin School of Maryland and of Transylvania University (Lexington, KY) where he earned a BA in computer science in 1974. Since then he has been continuously employed in a wide variety of information technology positions, including programmer, programmer/analyst, systems architect, project manager, senior database administrator, database group manager, consultant, database designer, and data architect. In addition, he has been a part-time instructor with the University of California (Berkeley) Extension for over 20 years, and received the Honored Instructor Award for the year 2000. His teaching work included developing three courses for UC Extension, “Concepts of Database Management Systems”, “Introduction to Relational Database Management Systems”, and "Data Modeling and Database Design." He also earned his Oracle 9i Database Associate certification in 2003. He is currently employed as a senior data modeler for Blue Shield of California. Aside from computer systems, Andy enjoys music (guitar and vocals), amateur radio (Pacific Division Vice Director, American Radio Relay League) and soccer (Referee Instructor, U.S. Soccer). Andy has designed and implemented hundreds of databases for a wide range of applications, including medical research, banking, insurance, apparel manufacturing, telecommunications, wireless communications, and human resources. He is the author of Databases Demystified (McGraw-Hill/Osborne, 2004) and SQL Demystified (McGraw-Hill/Osborne, 2005). His database product experience includes IMS, DB2, Sybase, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Access, MySQL, and Oracle (versions 7, 8, 8i, 9i, and 10g).

Part I: An Overview of SQL
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. A Quick Tour of SQL
Chapter 3. SQL in Perspective
Chapter 4. Relational Databases
Part II: Retrieving Data
Chapter 5. SQL Basics
Chapter 6. Simple Queries
Chapter 7. Multitable Queries (Joins)
Chapter 8. Summary Queries
Chapter 9. Subqueries and Query Expressions
Part III: Updating Data
Chapter 10. Database Updates
Chapter 11. Data Integrity
Chapter 12. Transaction Processing
Part IV: Database Structure
Chapter 13. Creating a Database
Chapter 14. Views
Chapter 15. SQL Security
Chapter 16. The System Catalog
Part V: Programming with SQL
Chapter 17. Embedded SQL
Chapter 18. Dynamic SQL*
Chapter 19. SQL APIs
Part VI: SQL Today and Tomorrow
Chapter 20. Database Processing and Stored Procedural SQL
Chapter 21. SQL and Data Warehousing
Chapter 22. SQL and Application Servers
Chapter 23. SQL Networking and Distributed Databases
Chapter 24. SQL and Objects
Chapter 25. SQL and XML
Chapter 26. Specialty Databases
Chapter 27. The Future of SQL
Part VII: Appendixes
Appendix A. The Sample Database
Appendix B. DBMS Vendor Profiles
Appendix C. SQL Syntax Reference
Index