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Title: Gave me what I needed
Review: At the time when I bought this (used for very cheap), I had several years experience supporting applications on MSSQL databases. So, I became decently skilled at T-SQL DML (But, very weak on DDL). Then, I got a new position working strickly with DML in Oracle 10g. This book allowed me to learn some of the trappings or Oracle' ANSI SQL DML. But, it also made me understand some concepts that I wasn't fully clear on in MSSQL T-SQL. Good read. Its several years old, but still relevant. This stays on my desk now. Theres alot of stuff covered in here thats on some of the OCA SQL exams like 1Z0-047 and 1Z0-051.I also bought it as an ebook from the Android Market. That was great as well - especially for office toilet time.Note that this doesn't really go into PL\SQL... Theres only a very short chapter that talks about the concept of a PL\SQL progam, but thats it. If you need PL\SQL coding, there's another OReily book for that. But, I like the fact that this book is focused on ANSI SQL.
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