SQL has an ANSI standard - SQL-92. However every RDBMS has its own
superset. You have to choose which of these you wish to pursue.
Among open-source RDBMS postgres is the most robust and has some OO support.
MySql is more popular but is not really an RDBMS.
Amongst commercial vendors Oracle, MS SQL Server and Informix are the most
popular, with Oracle having the biggest market share and (in my opinion) the
most mature product; MS SQL Server is the cheapest and is wedded to other MS
products; Informix is the fastest and is often used as an embedded server.
Your best bet is to browse the manuals from a CD. SQL is quite simple to
learn. I have the Oracle 8i CD and also Postgress 7 (beta). The
documentation on these are more than adequate.
Goodluck.
raja
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Hi,
could anyone point me to an iontroductory book on sql.
TIA
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