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by Joe Celko (Author) "WHEN SOMEONE GETS an SQL problem, the first thing they do is try to think of a query to answer it ..." (more)
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"This little collection of puzzles is something to bash your head against while awaiting your SQL epiphany." - Joe Celko


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3.0 out of 5 stars Advanced but not friendly, Mar 23 2006
By Gary Singh (Toronto, ON Canada) - See all my reviews
I have been working with SQL since 8 years now. My review is based solely according to my personal skills, knowledge and experience and does not aim to offend anyone.

This book is very advanced and features complicated puzzles, but the language is not very friendly and sometimes its hard to understand the questions (puzzles), so answers go out of scope.
Since most answers (SQL queries) are complicated, they require more explanation and author does not explain the answers (SQL SELECT stmts). Author is definitely a SQL guru - there is no doubt about it, but he does not do a very good job on knowledge transfer.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Good material but where is the source code?, Jul 10 2003
I have been working with SQL professionally for about 5 years and I was looking for a collection of elegant SQL code tips and techniques from the pros to add to my arsenal. So I eagerly bought SQL Puzzles and Answers a few weeks ago and read it from cover to cover.

The book essentially introduces the reader to the "thinking out of the box" approach to solving difficult SQL problems. The author walks us through the logic behind solutions of a collection of SQL puzzles that were submitted by readers of his magazine columns over the years. He demonstrates that there are numerous ways to solve SQL problems and that sometimes the solution lies right in the design of the base tables. But more importantly he helps the reader see that you can often solve seemingly unsolvable sql problems if you approach the problem with the right technique.

My one complaint is that the book does not come with turnkey source code files and they are not available for download. So the reader will have to type everything to test the solutions solutions that are presented.

Short of this there is plenty to learn here for the SQL programmer that wishes to pick up a few tricks of the trade from a pro.

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