Re: Pocket Guide

From: <nlzanen1_at_EY.NL>
Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 01:47:52 -0700
Message-ID: <F001.0033B5B8.20010628005227@fatcity.com>

Oracle used to ship A SQL Language Quick reference with the paper doc's in Oracle 7 days.
This had 72 pages (than) and also contained a one liner about the dba, v$ views. Furthermore it had the syntax for sql statements and function descriptions.
They no longer make these but my copy is well used and slowly falling apart (not no mention out of date).

Jack

                                                                                       
                          
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I'd like to follow up on this, because I wrote the SQL*Plus Pocket Ref, and I'm planning to revise it soon. One of the things I want to do when I revise the book is to add material about the more commonly used SQL statements, because, frankly, I'm convinced that's what readers really want.

One issue I quickly encounter whenever I think of a SQL Pocket Ref is that the syntax for the many, often complex, SQL statements just won't fit into a less than 100 page pocket ref format. My current thinking is to revise my pocket reference to de-emphasize SQL*Plus commands in favor of adding coverage of developer-oriented SQL statements such as the following:

           INSERT
           UPDATE
           DELETE
           SELECT
           COMMIT
           ROLLBACK
           SET TRANSACTION
           SAVEPOINT

I'm really interested in some feedback on this. Is this a logical subset of SQL statements to include in such a book? Is my documentation of SQL*Plus commands (describe, copy, the various set commands) all that useful? What other commands should I add to the list? Regardless of the page-count issue, do you still want all the SQL commands in one small book?

Best regards,

Jonathan Gennick
mailto:jonathan_at_gennick.com * 906.387.1698 http://Gennick.com * http://MichiganWaterfalls.com * http://MetalDrums.org

Wednesday, June 27, 2001, 6:50:09 PM, you wrote:

jb> Has anyone run across a "Pocket Guide" for SQL.  I don't need one for
jb> SQL*Plus or PL/SQL.  Just sometimes I cannot remember complete syntax
jb> for some commands and a quick guide really helps.  Sucks getting old.

jb> I don't see one from O'Reilly which normally handles a series like this.

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