What is the best book to start learning about SQL?
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Try these sites first...
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M$Is it a complete guide to SQL. Nope. It's a starter guide for "dummies". Is it a "how to" book? Nope. It's a discussion of how and why you'd use SQL. So, I'd say the amazon reviews nail it if you read the actual text of them. i.e. Some people like Dummies style books, some people don't.
Another book I enjoyed, which won't get your geek card punched either, but will help you as a functional database user, is Designing Relational Databases by Riordan. Yes, it's a Microsoft Press book. And Yes, it's focused on Access. But, dang, if it isn't a great, natural language book on database design.
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http://www.amazon.com/Sams-Teach-Yourself-SQL-Minutes/dp/0672321289
Nice and simple and gets you started real quick.
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M$search for SQL and read the reviews about each book.
If you know already whether you're heading for the Oracle, Linux or Windows camp, choose a book that's relevant to that OS. (Operating System)
for example, if you're going with the LAMP (Linux Apache MySql Php) stack, try a combo book like "Web Database Applications with PHP and MySQL" - http://tinyurl.com/7fhfnj
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I strongly suggest you to visit http://blog.sqlauthority.com