SQL Queries for Mere Mortals: A Hands-On Guide to Data Manipulation in SQL, Second Edition

What This Book Is Not

Although this book is based on the 2003 SQL Standard that was current at the time of this writing (a 2007/2008 draft standard is in the works), it does not cover every aspect of the standard. In truth, many features in the 2003 SQL Standard won’t be implemented for many years—if at all—in the major database system implementations. The fundamental purpose of this book is to give you a solid grounding in writing queries in SQL. Throughout the book, you’ll find us recommending that you “consult your database documentation” for how a specific feature might or might not work. That’s not to say we covered only the lowest common denominator for any feature among the major database systems. We do try to caution you when some systems ...