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SQL Programmer's Reference
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Author: Kishore Bhamidipati
List Price: $16.99
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ISBN: 0078824605
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media (01 August, 1998)
Edition: Paperback
Sales Rank: 223,637
Average Customer Rating: 2.25 out of 5
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Customer ReviewsRating: 4 out of 5
Its a Reference and just that
Found it quite useful to quickly refer to commands, their syntax and their use. The syntax diagrams take up a lot of useful space in the book but I found the book to be quite handy every time i forget the syntax of a command. It is not a detailed SQL manual though
Rating: 1 out of 5
Poor at Best
I find the book poorly organized and lacking information. The examples are poor and the rest appears to be a collection of pieces of a reference manual. The cover states that it covers multiple DB platforms, meaning bits and pieces from Sybase and Oracle and complete for none.
Rating: 1 out of 5
Completely disappointed
I bought the book in order to familiarize myself with SQL. I am a programmer, and I learn best from reference books, so a book called the "SQL Programmer's Reference" seemed like it would be perfect... WRONG.Nothing is organized. Logically one would expect commands to be alphabetically listed. Nope. Okay, perhaps grouped by function? Nope. And what's worse, there are sections for each command in two or three completely unrelated sections of the book. The index is terrible. The examples are pathetic. Even the grammar is to be laughed at. As stated in other reviews, this is the perfect example of a lousy book. Not only would I recommend avoiding this book, but also avoid anything else written by this author.
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