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by Ben Forta (Author)
Whether you're an application developer, database administrator, web application designer, mobile app developer, or Microsoft Office users, a good working knowledge of SQL is an important part of interacting with databases. And Sams Teach Yourself SQL in 10 Minutes offers the straightforward, practical answers you need to help you do your job.
Expert trainer and popular author Ben Forta teaches you just the parts of SQL you need to know-starting with simple data retrieval and quickly going on to more complex topics including the use of joins, subqueries, stored procedures, cursors, triggers, and table constraints.
You'll learn methodically, systematically, and simply-in short, quick lessons that will each take only 10 minutes or less to complete.
Author Biography
Ben Forta is Adobe's Senior Director of Education Initiatives and has three decades of experience in the computer industry in product development, support, training, and product marketing. He is the author of the best-selling Sams Teach Yourself SQL in 10 Minutes (including spinoff titles on MariaDB, MySQL, SQL Server T-SQL, and Oracle PL/SQL), Learning Regular Expressions, as well as books on Java, Windows, and more. He has extensive experience in database design and development, has implemented databases for several highly successful commercial software programs and websites, and is a frequent lecturer and columnist on application development and Internet technologies. Ben lives in Oak Park, Michigan, with his wife, Marcy, and their children. He welcomes your email at ben@forta.com and invites you to visit his website at http: //forta.com.
