SQL in 10 Minutes a Day, Sams Teach Yourself

Gave this as a gift, totally worth it in my opinion!

I purchased this book as an additional resource for a masters level SQL class and as an ongoing resource for the future. I like that it starts with the basics and covers varying topics. There were a few things not covered, but they were more advanced topics, so worries. I really appreciate that the book covers SEVEN different Database Management Systems (DBMS)!!! I have finished my course and am still very glad I purchased this book.

Worked with SQL years ago, but have gotten beyond rusty. Looking at possible job interview that requires some SQL, using this book along with the SQL Practice Problems book by Sylvia Vasilik. Both books would also be good for beginners. I pretty much taught myself SQL using the printed 2nd Edition of Teach Yourself SQL in 10 minutes and the internet. I bought the kindle versions of both books because its much easier to study and solve practice problems when you can have the book up on one screen and the interface to a RDBMS to work the problems on another.

Good book

Being a newbie to SQL, it is very informative and provides easy to understand language. I have not tried the chapter exercises yet however, I have been implementing the knowledge into my work queue with success.

Really good book for practicing your SQL skills. Most programming books give to much theory before introducing you to basic function. This cuts through the noise.

Legitimate good stuff for people learning SQL. A good quick read to learn now and reference later. Everyone should be learning SQL going into the future and this book is very good for a first timer.

This guide is very straight forward. I love that they give you access to a download that will completely instantiate your database. That was a huge timesaver and value added!!

A good book to use as an aid when learning about SQL

Paper books are much easier to use than electronic copies. With its beautiful and clear printing, I can learn SQL easily. OK, I just need SQL in Access.

The internet has an ocean of free sql tutorials. I tried to start using them, for months, and I couldnt. This book helped me with the exact kind of start I wanted. Never been happier about purchasing a book.

Really good, helped alot

I have bought this book in different editions twice before, but decided that I might as well have the latest one (as of Mar 2021). It's an excellent learning resource and points out the different ways other SQL implementations work, including SQLite. I got stuck at one point so contacted the author when I couldn't get my SQL in SQLite workng. He was really helpful. At first glance it looked like my SQL was correct, but further investigation by Ben found the solution, with an explanation of why my SQL was failing. A solution is helpful, but an explanation invaluable. The books points you towards the web page where you can download the data for the database, to save you having to bash it all in yourself. There is also an errata on the site. SQL has been around for a long time, and will probably be around for a lot longer, so it is worth learning. I am running the SQL on a Mac M1 so have downloaded DB Browser for SQLite, which saves the hassle of a command line interface. A GUI is much better at the learning stage. The author is a prolific writer, and has written on many subjects, including multiple SQL types. Like some computer books, they can be expensive for the learner without corporate funding them, but the mainstream books are very reasonable in price, working out to be excellent value for money.