Best book for learning SQL, for a sort of a beginner

[squarecut1]

I have some knowledge of SQL through a database system concepts course I took a long time back. I want to get to know SQL in more detail. The books I have come across :

Learning SQL

http://www.amazon.com/Learning-SQL-...&qid=1428955081&sr=8-11&keywords=books+on+sql

SQL in 10 Minutes, Sams Teach Yourself (4th Edition)

http://www.amazon.com/SQL-Minutes-S...8&qid=1428955081&sr=8-5&keywords=books+on+sql

The Language of SQL: How to Access Data in Relational Databases

http://www.amazon.com/Language-SQL-...428955153&sr=8-1&keywords=the+language+of+sql

Would appreciate any recommendations from the above, or any other book.

Thank you

 

[BoberFett]

I feel you can never go wrong with the OReilly books.

 

[chubbyfatazn]

I feel you can never go wrong with the OReilly books.

Seconded. That was the book we used in my SQL course in college not too long ago.

Easy enough to use, and if you've forgotten some of the basics it can get you back up to speed as well.

 

[sao123]

Really not a fan of OReilly books... Usually I prefer Deitel, but they do not have an SQL book.

I prefer the Wrox Books... APress books are also excellent.


you should also choose a platform prion to beginning as all SQL implementations are somewhat different...

SQL Server vs MySQL vs Oracle etc.

then start here:
http://it-ebooks.info/tag/sql/


Wrox - http://it-ebooks.info/book/738/
Apress - http://it-ebooks.info/book/3725/
MySQL - http://it-ebooks.info/book/732/
Oracle - http://it-ebooks.info/book/3866/
PostgreSQL - http://it-ebooks.info/book/4855/

 

[EvilManagedCare]

O'Reilly books are good, in particular 'Learning SQL' as mentioned by the OP. I'm a fan of the Head First series and they happen to have a SQL book as well.

 

[IHateMyJob2004]

Really not a fan of OReilly books... Usually I prefer Deitel, but they do not have an SQL book.

I prefer the Wrox Books... APress books are also excellent.


you should also choose a platform prion to beginning as all SQL implementations are somewhat different...
SQL Server vs MySQL vs Oracle etc.

then start here:
http://it-ebooks.info/tag/sql/


Wrox - http://it-ebooks.info/book/738/
Apress - http://it-ebooks.info/book/3725/
MySQL - http://it-ebooks.info/book/732/
Oracle - http://it-ebooks.info/book/3866/
PostgreSQL - http://it-ebooks.info/book/4855/

Ya, we have an Oracle server for one of our projects but use HSQLDB (native java) for the client machines. Subtle differences exist implementation to implementation. Kind of a headache.

 

[Train]

My vote is for Wrox. Robert Viera is an awesome writer and I still credit most of my SQL knowledge to the books he wrote on SQL 6.5 and 7.0 back in the day. It's hard to read most programmig books straight through but I read his "Professional SQL 7 programming" cover to cover, and even the appendixes.

 

[Gigglinpig]

I am going through T-SQL Fundamentals book by Ben-Gan Itzik right now: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0735658145/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

After that I'll study for the 70-461 using the Training Kit. There are so many good books out there, I almost feel like I should go through another fundamentals book before I start studying for the cert.

 

[chrstrbrts]

How about:

SQL and Relational Theory How to Write Accurate Code 2nd edition by C J Date ?