Beginner Database Design & SQL Programming Using Microsoft SQL Server 2014
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| Rating | : | 4.69 (956 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00K2E9CSA |
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| Number of Pages | : | 418 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-05-04 |
| Language | : | English |
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So, if you know worksheets, how hard can databases be? After all, worksheets look pretty much like database tables, don’t they? The big difference is the connections among well-designed tables. In C# or Java, you are dealing with details – lots of them. In SQL you are thinking at a high level. A database is a set of connected tables, which represent entities in the real world. Relational database design is truly simple for simple well-understood models. Ouch! Meaningful naming is the very basis of good database design. It takes training. The style of Transact-SQL programming is different from the style in procedural programming languages. While immersed in procedural languages with loops, RDBMS forces them to think in terms of sets without loops. Frequently, learning the application area is the biggest challenge for a developer when starting a new job.The SQL language
Not at all for beginners This book is not at all meant for beginners to the SQL ecosystem. If the book were not positioned as a beginner book, I would be more forgiving in my review. The book might be better positioned as valuable reading for someone switching from another database platform (like myself coming from MySQL) to Microsoft SQL.The author, who is clearly very experienced, is unable to relate to how a novice in this area might read this book. As an example, here is an excerpt from the introduction, " [] RDBMS forces them to think in terms of sets without loops." At no point does the author define what the RDBMS acronym stan. FL Reader said Detailed but complicated. Complicated - not a beginners book. Four Stars Good Database resource. Hugh G.
KALMAN TOTH, M.A. HIS HOBBY IS FLYING GLIDERS, VINTAGE FIGHTER & BOMBER PLANES. HIS PROFESSIONAL RESEARCH INTEREST IS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. HE IS CONVINCED THAT MACHINE INTELLIGENCE WILL NOT ONLY REPLACE HUMAN INTELLIGENCE BUT SURPASS IT MILLION TIMES IN THE NEAR FUTURE. CONTACT: kalmantoth@gmail . . PHYSICS COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY & M.PHIL. IN COMPUTING SCIENCE COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, IS AN SQL DATABASE DESIGN AND BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE SPECIALIST
HIS PROFESSIONAL RESEARCH INTEREST IS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. PHYSICS COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY & M.PHIL. HIS HOBBY IS FLYING GLIDERS, VINTAGE FIGHTER & BOMBER PLANES. CONTACT: kalmantoth@gmail . . IN COMPUTING SCIENCE COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, IS AN SQL DATABASE DESIGN AND BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE SPECIALIST. About the Author KALMAN TOTH, M.A. HE IS CONVINCED THAT MACHINE INTELLIGENCE WILL NOT ONLY REPLACE HUMAN INTELLIGENCE BUT SURPASS IT MILLION TIMES IN THE NEAR FUTURE