Objectives of This Book


Ultimately, the goal of this book is to give you, the reader, a glimpse of what can be done using SQL outside of what is considered the typical SQL problem domain. SQL has come a very long way in the last ten years. Problems typically solved using a procedural language such as C or JAVA can now be solved directly in SQL, but many developers are simply unaware of this fact. This book is to help make you aware.

Now, before you take what I just said the wrong way, let me state that I am a firm believer in, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." For example, let's say you have a particular business problem to solve, and you currently use SQL to simply retrieve your data while applying your complex business logic using a language other than SQL. If your code works and performance is acceptable, then great. I am in no way suggesting that you scrap your code for a SQL-only solution; I only ask that you open your mind and realize that the SQL you programmed with in 1995 is not the same SQL being used in 2005. Today's SQL can do so much more.




SQL Cookbook
SQL Cookbook (Cookbooks (OReilly))
ISBN: 0596009763
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2005
Pages: 235

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