Posted by J.O. Aho on 05/22/06 18:56

Barney wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm in software support. The company I work for has a team of
> developers. I have been asked by my boss to learn "at least the
> basics.." of SQL. This would be so that I can deal with any mundane or
> perhaps easy to answer questions regarding sql error messages our
> software produces.
> I am a novice to sql, though I do have some programming techniques
> having qualified in COBOL a 'few' years ago.
> My question is this:-
> Can anybody attest to the effectiveness of w3schools.com as a method for
> such a novice to learn basic SQL, or can anybody recomend books such as
> Teach Yourself SQL in 21 Days.
> Any other suggestions would be gratefully received.

If I would be you, I would go for the book, have used it in study myself and
it's a good basic reference that you can use later on too. There is another
book that could be useful if you really need to learn fast, Teach Yourself SQL
in 24 hours.

Oracle has some good things on their homepage, that I do think can be useful
for you too, of course those are more aimed directly toward oracle usage.
MySQL has a great online manual with user comments in the same way as php.net has.


//Aho

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