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SQL in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition
By Kevin E.  Kline
Publisher	: O'Reilly
Pub Date	: September 2004
ISBN	: 0-596-00481-8
Pages	: 710
	Copyright
		Preface
			Why This Book?
			Who Should Read This Book?
			How This Book Is Organized
			Conventions Used in This Book
			How to Use This Book
			How to Contact Us
			Safari Enabled
			Resources
			Changes in the Second Edition
			Acknowledgments
		Chapter 1.   SQL History and Implementations
			Section 1.1.   The Relational Model and ANSI SQL
			Section 1.2.   History of the SQL Standard
			Section 1.3.   SQL Dialects
		Chapter 2.   Foundational Concepts
			Section 2.1.   Database Platforms Described in This Book
			Section 2.2.   Categories of Syntax
			Section 2.3.   SQL2003 and Platform-Specific Datatypes
			Section 2.4.   Constraints
		Chapter 3.   SQL Statement Command Reference
			Section 3.1.   How to Use This Chapter
			Section 3.2.   SQL Platform Support
			Section 3.3.   SQL Command Reference
		Chapter 4.   SQL Functions
			Section 4.1.   Types of Functions
			Section 4.2.   ANSI SQL Aggregate Functions
			Section 4.3.   ANSI SQL Window Functions
			Section 4.4.   ANSI SQL Scalar Functions
			Section 4.5.   Platform-Specific Extensions
		Chapter 5.   Database Programming
			Section 5.1.   Database Programming Overview
			Section 5.2.   Opening a Database Connection
			Section 5.3.   Closing a Database Connection
			Section 5.4.   Managing Transactions
			Section 5.5.   Executing Statements
			Section 5.6.   Retrieving Data
			Section 5.7.   Bound Parameters
			Section 5.8.   Error Handling
			Section 5.9.   Examples
		Appendix A.   Sybase Adaptive Server
			Section A.1.   Sybase Adaptive Server Datatypes
			Section A.2.   Sybase Adaptive Server SQL Statements
			Section A.3.   Sybase Adaptive Server SQL Functions
			Section A.4.   Sybase Adaptive Server Keywords
		Appendix B.   Shared and Platform-Specific Keywords
		Colophon
		Index