Who Should Use This Book

The Practical SQL Handbook is meant for you if you use a relational database system—whether you're sharing that system with other users or going it alone on a single-user personal computer. It assumes that you're an intelligent amateur—whether you're an end user in a large company, government office, or nonprofit agency; the owner of a small business; the manager of a small organization; a home computer user working on a personal project; or a student learning about database technology. You may be moving to a relational database system from a PC file manager, making the transition to SQL from a non-SQL-based database management system, or taking up database management for the first time.

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