How to Use This Book
We have designed the chapters in this book to be read in sequence. Each succeeding chapter builds on concepts taught in earlier chapters. However, you can jump into the middle of the book without getting lost. For example, if you are already familiar with the basic clauses in a SELECT statement and want to learn more about JOINs, you can jump right in to Chapters 7 Thinking in Sets, 8 INNER JOINS, and 9 OUTER JOINS.
At the end of many of the chapters you’ll find an extensive set of sample problems, their solutions, and sample result sets. We recommend that you study several of the samples to gain a better understanding of the techniques involved and then try solving some of the later samples yourself without looking at the ...
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