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SQL For Smarties Was Hailed As The First Book Devoted Explicitly To The Advanced Techniques

SQL for Smarties is a classic reference book that teaches advanced SQL techniques to transform experienced SQL programmers into experts. The fifth edition, updated for ANSI/ISO standards, provides new examples and covers topics like flaws in data definition language, bitemporal models, and descriptive statistic functions. Written by SQL expert Joe Celko, the book explains SQL principles and code to help readers think like SQL masters and get the most out of their programming efforts.

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SQL For Smarties Was Hailed As The First Book Devoted Explicitly To The Advanced Techniques

SQL for Smarties is a classic reference book that teaches advanced SQL techniques to transform experienced SQL programmers into experts. The fifth edition, updated for ANSI/ISO standards, provides new examples and covers topics like flaws in data definition language, bitemporal models, and descriptive statistic functions. Written by SQL expert Joe Celko, the book explains SQL principles and code to help readers think like SQL masters and get the most out of their programming efforts.

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SQL for Smarties was hailed as the first book devoted explicitly to the advanced techniques

needed to transform an experienced SQL programmer into an expert. Now, 20 years later and in
its fifth edition, this classic reference still reigns supreme as the only book written by a SQL
master that teaches programmers and practitioners to become SQL masters themselves! These
are not just tips and techniques; also offered are the best solutions to old and new challenges. Joe
Celko conveys the way you need to think in order to get the most out of SQL programming
efforts for both correctness and performance. New to the fifth edition, Joe features new examples
to reflect the ANSI/ISO Standards so anyone can use it. He also updates data element names to
meet new ISO-11179 rules with the same experience-based teaching style that made the previous
editions the classics they are today. You will learn new ways to write common queries, such as
finding coverings, partitions, runs in data, auctions and inventory, relational divisions and so
forth. SQL for Smarties explains some of the principles of SQL programming as well as the code.
A new chapter discusses design flaws in DDL, such as attribute splitting, non-normal forum
redundancies and tibbling. There is a look at the traditional acid versus base transaction models,
now popular in NoSQL products. Youll learn about computed columns and the DEFERRABLE
options in constraints. An overview of the bi-temporal model is new to this edition and there is a
longer discussion about descriptive statistic aggregate functions. The book finishes with an
overview of SQL/PSM that is applicable to proprietary 4GL vendor extensions.

New to the 5th Edition:


o Downloadable data sets, code samples, and vendor-specific implementations!
o Overview of the bitemporal model
o Extended coverage of descriptive statistic aggregate functions
o New chapter covers flaws in DDL
o Examination of traditional acid versus base transaction models
o Reorganized to help you navigate related topics with ease
Expert advice from a noted SQL authority and award-winning columnist Joe Celko, who
served on the ANSI SQL standards committee for over a decade
Teaches scores of advanced techniques that can be used with any product, in any SQL
environment, whether it is SQL 92 or SQL 2011
Offers tips for working around deficiencies and gives insight into real-world challenges

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