Database Systems: A Practical Approach to Design, Implementation and Management: WITH C How to...

Database Systems: A Practical Approach to Design, Implementation and Management: WITH C How to Program AND ... | Thomas Connolly, Carolyn Begg, ... | An "okay" book but it has numerous errors

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	Database Systems: A Practical Approach to Design, Implementation and Management: WITH C How to Program AND ... Thomas Connolly, Carolyn Begg, ... Addison Wesley, 2006 average customer review:based on 3 reviews view larger image
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Excellent book to use to TEACH SQL (using Access)

This is an excellent book to use to teach students SQL in a very inexpensive way -- using Access. Although the book may not be in-depth enough for professionals, the authors do a great job of presenting the material in a very user friendly and systematic way for beginner students.

An "okay" book but it has numerous errors

The pace is very slow for the really basic stuff while more sophisticated techniques, such as correlated sub-queries, are not explained well enough.

There are numerous errors in the book which suggest the authors don't really know Microsoft Access. Clearly, some of the worked problems were only tried on paper and not through Access itself. Significant errors appear in the discussion of data types (pp. 58 - 81), joins (p. 105), calculations with dates (p. 145), null constraints (p. 282) and referential integrity (p. 288). The downloadable example database does not comply with modern database design protocols.

For a much better book, try "SQL Queries for Mere Mortals" by Hernandez & Viescas.

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