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Sams Teach Yourself SQL in 21 Days, Fourth Edition
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Sams Teach Yourself SQL in 21 Days, Fourth Edition

by Ryan K. Stephens, Ronald R. Plew
October 2002
Beginner
864 pages
18h 41m
English
Sams
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Beginning with the CREATE DATABASE Statement

The first data management step in any database project is to create the database. This task can range from the elementary to the complicated, depending on your needs and the database management system you have chosen. Many modern systems (including Personal Oracle) include graphical tools that enable you to completely build the database with the click of a mouse button. This time-saving feature is certainly helpful, but you should understand the SQL statements that execute in response to the mouse clicks.

Through personal experience, we have learned the importance of creating a good SQL install script. This script file contains the necessary SQL code to completely rebuild a database or databases; the ...

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