Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!bu.edu!wang!ice From: ice@wang.com (Fredrik Nyman) Newsgroups: comp.databases Subject: Re: Book on SQL + Dialects Message-ID: Date: 19 Dec 90 02:54:37 GMT References: <2260005@otter.hpl.hp.com> Organization: Wang Labs, Lowell MA, USA Lines: 20 hjb@otter.hpl.hp.com (Harry Barman) writes: >I'm sure this is a frequently asked question but.... >My wife is looking for a good SQL reference/text book. Ideally it should >cover some of the various dialects and their quirks. >Anyone know of somthing like this???? Have a look at "Using SQL" by James R. Groff and Paul N. Weinberg. Osborne McGraw-Hill, ISBN 0-07-881524-X IMHO, this is an excellent book for learning SQL. It also covers various dialects like Oracle, DB2, Ingres, Informix and Sybase, so your wife might find this as good a book as I did. -- Disclaimer: Wang doesn't care about my opinions, so why should you? Internet: BITNET: (in order of preference) USnail: Wang Labs, Inc., M/S 019-490, One Industrial Ave., Lowell, MA 01851