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Despite the title, this is NOT for newbies. It is a reference book.
I borrowed this book from the library. I have quite a lot of experience querying with SQL, but I wanted to go more in-depth. This book did provide me with that depth, but the organization is very poor, and the author is prone to jump right into technical jargon without much effort to ground the reader and ensure they are tracking.In that way, it reads much more like a reference guide than an introduction to SQL.If you are trying to learn SQL from the ground up, DO NOT GET THIS BOOK. The book does not attempt to take you from easy SQL queries to more advanced topics. Instead, the author describes SQL databases and the SQL language in exhaustive detail, with zero consideration that this book is for "Dummies" (i.e., newbies).For example, long before he ever describes the structure of a simple query, he presents an exhaustive list of all the data types that you may find in a SQL database. Here are some subheadings in the early pages: DECFLOAT data tape, Approximate numbers, TIMESTAMP with TIME Zone data type, etc. See the images I provided for what the author has decided to introduce "Dummies" readers to in Chapter 2 of this book, before he introduces such simple concepts as "how to write your first SQL query."Indeed, it's isn't until MUCH later in the book that he discusses joins (e.g., INNER JOIN, LEFT JOIN, etc.). These are a fundamental SQL concept that usually gets introduced early. His explanation of things like joins are not well-done. He might give a quick analogy to explain a concept but then jumps right into a technical explanation.The Dummies brand chose the wrong author here - this author fails to consider that Dummies are for beginners. This author could have done his own book about some advanced SQL topics and I'm sure it would have been OK.I actually did benefit from the book because I am not a beginner, so I learned plenty of new concepts of SQL. But reading this book was a chore because it reads like a reference book. Indeed, it is essentially a reference book and is not a book to actually teach you to use SQL. For that, you'll need to go elsewhere.
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In that way, it reads much more like a reference guide than an introduction to SQL.
If you are trying to learn SQL from the ground up, DO NOT GET THIS BOOK. The book does not attempt to take you from easy SQL queries to more advanced topics. Instead, the author describes SQL databases and the SQL language in exhaustive detail, with zero consideration that this book is for "Dummies" (i.e., newbies).
For example, long before he ever describes the structure of a simple query, he presents an exhaustive list of all the data types that you may find in a SQL database. Here are some subheadings in the early pages: DECFLOAT data tape, Approximate numbers, TIMESTAMP with TIME Zone data type, etc. See the images I provided for what the author has decided to introduce "Dummies" readers to in Chapter 2 of this book, before he introduces such simple concepts as "how to write your first SQL query."
Indeed, it's isn't until MUCH later in the book that he discusses joins (e.g., INNER JOIN, LEFT JOIN, etc.). These are a fundamental SQL concept that usually gets introduced early. His explanation of things like joins are not well-done. He might give a quick analogy to explain a concept but then jumps right into a technical explanation.
The Dummies brand chose the wrong author here - this author fails to consider that Dummies are for beginners. This author could have done his own book about some advanced SQL topics and I'm sure it would have been OK.
I actually did benefit from the book because I am not a beginner, so I learned plenty of new concepts of SQL. But reading this book was a chore because it reads like a reference book. Indeed, it is essentially a reference book and is not a book to actually teach you to use SQL. For that, you'll need to go elsewhere.
Despite the title, this is NOT for newbies. It is a reference book.
Reviewed in the United States on October 1, 2022
I borrowed this book from the library. I have quite a lot of experience querying with SQL, but I wanted to go more in-depth. This book did provide me with that depth, but the organization is very poor, and the author is prone to jump right into technical jargon without much effort to ground the reader and ensure they are tracking.Reviewed in the United States on October 1, 2022
In that way, it reads much more like a reference guide than an introduction to SQL.
If you are trying to learn SQL from the ground up, DO NOT GET THIS BOOK. The book does not attempt to take you from easy SQL queries to more advanced topics. Instead, the author describes SQL databases and the SQL language in exhaustive detail, with zero consideration that this book is for "Dummies" (i.e., newbies).
For example, long before he ever describes the structure of a simple query, he presents an exhaustive list of all the data types that you may find in a SQL database. Here are some subheadings in the early pages: DECFLOAT data tape, Approximate numbers, TIMESTAMP with TIME Zone data type, etc. See the images I provided for what the author has decided to introduce "Dummies" readers to in Chapter 2 of this book, before he introduces such simple concepts as "how to write your first SQL query."
Indeed, it's isn't until MUCH later in the book that he discusses joins (e.g., INNER JOIN, LEFT JOIN, etc.). These are a fundamental SQL concept that usually gets introduced early. His explanation of things like joins are not well-done. He might give a quick analogy to explain a concept but then jumps right into a technical explanation.
The Dummies brand chose the wrong author here - this author fails to consider that Dummies are for beginners. This author could have done his own book about some advanced SQL topics and I'm sure it would have been OK.
I actually did benefit from the book because I am not a beginner, so I learned plenty of new concepts of SQL. But reading this book was a chore because it reads like a reference book. Indeed, it is essentially a reference book and is not a book to actually teach you to use SQL. For that, you'll need to go elsewhere.
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