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From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Wilfred
Drew
Sent: 16 March 2012 18:31
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: [CODE4LIB] Learning Microsoft SQL
I am setting up my laptop to teach myself Microsoft SQL. I am installing SQL
Express. I
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Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Learning Microsoft SQL
Hi Bill,
A google search limited to US universities' sites like sql basics site:.edu
turned up some nice results, including:
http://www.suu.edu/it/admin/summit2007/cdsite/color/BTechnical/1414/1414.pdf
http://myweb.brooklyn.liu.edu
I can't resist saying that, for truly free (as in freedom), you might want to
work with something like PostgreSQL.
I wrote up an Introduction to SQL focused on PostgreSQL Evergreen a few
years ago and released it under a CC-BY-SA license (per
If you do continue down the MS SQL road, bear in mind that MS SQL is basically
a fork of Sybase, and they share Transact SQL. So most of the Sybase
Transact-SQL documentation will apply. You can find the Sybase Transact-SQL
User's Guide at:
I generally find the w3schools stuff a pretty good starting point to help
wrap my head around something I don't know:
I've used w3schools a fair bit in the past too, as they rank pretty
highly in Google, but have recently been made aware of advice that
they aren't necessarily to be relied on,
Hi Bill,
For years I have always found the HTML Goodies people to be great for quick
and accessible reference, and I think they are good for getting people
started in plain English (they are probably very similar to the Dummies
books).
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From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of arianna
Sent: Friday, March 16, 2012 2:48 PM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Learning Microsoft SQL
Hi Bill,
For years I have always found the HTML Goodies people to be great for quick and
accessible
university in
1984.
Keep the suggestions coming, please.
Bill Drew
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From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of
arianna
Sent: Friday, March 16, 2012 2:48 PM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Learning Microsoft SQL
I generally find the w3schools stuff a pretty good starting point to help wrap
my head around something I don't know:
http://www.w3schools.com/sql/default.asp
-Ross.
On Mar 16, 2012, at 2:31 PM, Wilfred Drew wrote:
I am setting up my laptop to teach myself Microsoft SQL. I am installing SQL
