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This unique reference can be a major help to programmers who use SQL in their day-to-day work. Not just an endless collection of syntax diagrams, this small guide addresses the language's complexity head on and leads by example. The book covers the three most commonly used database products: Oracle, IBM's DB2, and Microsoft's SQL Server. It's a concise reference to frequently used SQL statements and commonly used SQL functions.

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SQL (Standard Query Language) is the universal standard when it comes to querying and updating databases. It's also rich and complex, with so many features that even the most experienced programmers only make use of a small percentage of them. Why is that? Well naturally, when you're deep into your work, you want to avoid distractions. And it's easy to get distracted when you pull your favorite reference book off the shelf. Your solution is the SQL Pocket Guide--a seamless, fast syntax lookup that won't divert you from the task at hand. Concise and easy-to-use, this little book is the portable companion to O'Reilly's SQL in a Nutshell.

  This unique reference can be a major help to programmers who use SQL in their day-to-day work. Not just an endless collection of syntax diagrams, this small guide addresses the language's complexity head on and leads by example. If you need to look up the syntax for a particular statement, you'll find helpful examples of the technique. You can then combine several techniques for your own SQL statements. The book covers the three most commonly used database products: Oracle, IBM's DB2, and Microsoft's SQL Server. It's a concise reference to frequently used SQL statements and commonly used SQL functions.

  The SQL Pocket Guide is written for programmers and database administrators who are already familiar with SQL (Structured Query Language) but want to utilize more of the language's features and syntax than they typically do. The book is small enough to always keep close by, and concise enough that you can look up the syntax you need quickly without having to wade through a lot of text.

  O'Reilly's Pocket References and Guides have become a favorite among programmers everywhere. By providing a wealth of important details in a succinct, well-organized format, these handy books deliver just what you need when you're hard at work. When you've reached a sticking point and need to get to a solution quickly, the new SQL Pocket Guide is the book you'll want to have.

Table of Contents

Introduction

                              Organization of This Book

                              Feedback Needed!

                              Conventions

                              Acknowledgments

                              Example Data

              CASE Expressions

                              Simple CASE Expressions

                              Searched CASE Expressions

              Datatype Conversions

                              ANSI/ISO CAST Function

                              ANSI/ISO EXTRACT Function

                              Datetime Conversions (Oracle)

                              Numeric Conversions (Oracle)

                              Miscellaneous Conversions (Oracle)

                              Datetime Conversions (DB2)

                              Numeric Conversions (DB2)

                              Miscellaneous Conversions (DB2)

                              Datetime Conversions (SQL Server)

                              Numeric Conversions (SQL Server)

                              Miscellaneous Conversions (SQL Server)

                              Datetime Conversions (MySQL)

                              Numeric Conversions (MySQL)

              Deleting Data

                              Deleting All Rows

                              Deleting from Views and Subqueries

                              Deleting from Partitions (Oracle)

                              Returning the Deleted Data (Oracle)

                              Double-FROM (SQL Server)

              Flashback Queries (Oracle)

          Functions

                              Date Functions

                              Numeric and Math Functions

                              Trigonometric Functions

                              String Functions

                              Miscellaneous Functions (Oracle)

              Grouping and Summarizing

                              Aggregate Functions

                              GROUP BY

                              Useful GROUP BY Techniques

                              HAVING

                              GROUP BY Extensions (Oracle)

                              GROUP BY Extensions (SQL Server)

              Hierarchical Queries

                              Recursive WITH (ANSI/ISO)

                              CONNECT BY Syntax (Oracle)

              Inserting Data

                              Single-Row Inserts

                              Insert Targets

                              Subquery Inserts

                              Direct-Path Inserts (Oracle)

                              RETURNing Inserted Values (Oracle)

                              Multi-Table Inserts (Oracle)

              Joining Tables

                              The Concept of a Join

                              Cross Joins

                              Inner Joins

                              Non-Equi-Joins

                              Outer Joins

              Literals

                              Text Literals

                              Numeric Literals

                              Datetime Literals

                              Datetime Interval Literals

              Merging Data

              NULLs

                              Predicates for NULLs

                              Using CASE with NULLs

                              Oracle Functions for NULLs

                              DB2 Functions for NULLs

                              SQL Server Functions for NULLs

                              MySQL Functions for NULLs

              Predicates

                              Group Comparison Predicates

                              Multiple Values on the Left (Oracle)

                              EXISTS Predicates

                              IN Predicates

                              BETWEEN Predicates

                              LIKE Predicates

              Recursive Queries

              Regular Expressions

                              Oracle Regular Expressions

                              SQL Server Regular Expressions

                              MySQL Regular Expressions

              Selecting Data

                              The SELECT Clause

                              ALL and DISTINCT

                              The FROM Clause

                              The WHERE Clause

                              The GROUP BY Clause

                              The HAVING Clause

                              The ORDER BY Clause

              Subqueries

                              The WITH Clause

                              WITH with Correlated Subqueries

              Transaction Management

                              Autocommit Mode

                              Starting a Transaction

                              Ending a Transaction

                              Aborting a Transaction

                              Aborting to a Transaction Savepoint

              Union Queries

                              UNION and UNION ALL

                              Order of Evaluation

                              EXCEPT (or MINUS)

                              INTERSECT

              Updating Data

                              Simple Updates

                              New Values from a Subquery

                              Updating Through a Cursor (DB2 and SQL Server)

                              Updating Views and Subqueries

                              Updating a Partition (Oracle)

                              Returning the Updated Data (Oracle)

                              UPDATE FROM Clause (SQL Server)

              Related Books

Oracle SQL*Plus Pocket Reference, 2nd Edition (O'Reilly)

Oracle SQL: The Essential Reference (O'Reilly)

SQL in a Nutshell (O'Reilly)