Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!pilchuck!ssc!mcgp1!flak From: flak@mcgp1.UUCP (Dan Flak) Newsgroups: comp.databases Subject: Books (for novices) on SQL (Summary) Message-ID: <4853@mcgp1.UUCP> Date: 18 Mar 91 18:51:09 GMT Distribution: na Organization: McCaw Cellular Communications, Inc, Seattle, Wa Lines: 20 Once again, thanks to everyone who responded. Here's the books with the most "votes": The overall winner: The Practical SQL Handbook: Using Structured Query Language_ by Sandra L. Emerson, Marcy Darnovsky, and Judith S. Bowman ISBN 0-201-51738-8 Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Inc. $21.95 A GUIDE TO SQL by Phiip J. Pratt published by Boyd & Fraser in 1991. "SQL and Relational Basics" by Fabian Pascal, M&T Publishing, INC. Retail price is 28.95 (softcover). -- Dan Flak - McCaw Cellular Communications Inc., 201 Elliot Ave W., Suite 105, Seattle, Wa 98119, 206-286-4355, (usenet: nwnexus!mcgp1!flak)