Sams Teach Yourself SQL in 24 Hours, Fifth Edition

Hour 23. Extending SQL to the Enterprise, the Internet, and the Intranet

What You’ll Learn in This Hour:

• SQL and the enterprise

• Front-end and back-end applications

• Accessing a remote database

• SQL and the Internet

• SQL and the intranet

The previous hour covered some advanced SQL topics. These topics build on earlier hours in the book and show you practical applications for the SQL you have learned. In this hour, you focus on the concepts behind extending SQL to the enterprise, which involve SQL applications and making data available to all appropriate members of a company for daily use.

SQL and the Enterprise

Many commercial enterprises have specific data available to other enterprises, customers, and vendors. For example, the enterprise ...