SQL Pdf Books?

dave13

Anyone know where i'd get some good beginner guides to SQL in pdf format. Preferably free, but I don't mind paying if there isn't stupidly restrictive DRM on it(like not letting you print it).

Any help appreciated.

daymobrew

The MySQL docs are available in PDF format and include a decent tutorial. It'll be a good start.

Tom Dunne

Oracle SQL reference files are here. Both HTML and pdf.

PhantomBeaker

Postgresql also do some damned good docs: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/manuals/

In their beginning tutorial, they'll show you how to create a table, select from it, update, and select with joins.

I.e. 80-90% of what you'll generally want to do. A lot of the rest is down to the database's own implementation of things, and also good database design.

Malice

While it's not a PDF, when I was learning SQL I enjoyed using a tutorial program called GalaXQL. It's available here. As the name might suggest, you play around with a Galaxy in your queries. It's definitely an original concept!

Thomas_S_Hunterson

http://www.w3schools.com/ offer some great tutorials in a load of languages.

dave13

Thanks for all them. I need some to introduce non-programmers to the basics of SQL so the W3C ones look pretty good. Ther're all useful for reference anyway

clearz

The online version of "Teach yourself SQL in 21 Days" is free to download in PDF format. Should be ideal for your needs.

http://www.quantrimang.com/download/ebooks/(ebook%20pdf)%20Teach%20Yourself%20SQL%20in%2021%20Days.pdf