Any developer coding in any computer language must know SQL (Structured Query Language). SQL is used to insert or modify data in a relational database or search and retrieve data from a relational database . In my tutorial I provide more than a hundred examples of SQL queries for MySQL, Oracle and MS Access databases. The book includes CREATE TABLE statements and INSERT statements with the same data as I am using in the book. You will be able to recreate all required tables on your PC to practice SQL with my tutorial. Or you may use my web page. This book includes homework with 40 questions and answers. You may wonder why the book has a bee on the cover. Well...the bee collects nectar from the flower and you will be collecting data from your database. It will taste sweet once you have learned how to create queries using SQL to retrieve the data all created by you on your very own.
Sergey Skudaev is currently living in Arizona. He got a Master’s Degree in biology from a foreign University, where he specialized in neurophysiology. He also has a degree in Computer Science from BMCC, which he attained after moving to the States. Since then, Sergey has been working as a software quality tester and web developer for a company in Florida. He has more than ten years of teaching experience and a long-standing interest in new computer technologies, psychology, and brain physiology. When he has time to relax, Sergey enjoys swimming in the ocean off the Florida coast or going for walks with his dog on Window Rock trail. He also enjoys traveling, particularly in the USA.