Introduction 1Book 1: SQL Concepts 9Chapter 1: Understanding Relational Databases 11Chapter 2: Modeling a System 31Chapter 3: Getting to Know SQL 55Chapter 4: SQL and the Relational Model 67Chapter 5: Knowing the Major Components of SQL 77Chapter 6: Drilling Down to the SQL Nitty-Gritty 99Book 2: Relational Database Development 131Chapter 1: System Development Overview 133Chapter 2: Building a Database Model 149Chapter 3: Balancing Performance and Correctness 167Chapter 4: Creating a Database with SQL 199Book 3: SQL Queries 211Chapter 1: Values, Variables, Functions, and Expressions 213Chapter 2: SELECT Statements and Modifying Clauses 239Chapter 3: Querying Multiple Tables with Subqueries 281Chapter 4: Querying Multiple Tables with Relational Operators 309Chapter 5: Cursors 329Book 4: Data Security 341Chapter 1: Protecting Against Hardware Failure and External Threats 343Chapter 2: Protecting Against User Errors and Conflicts 373Chapter 3: Assigning Access Privileges 401Chapter 4: Error Handling 413Book 5: SQL and Programming 429Chapter 1: Database Development Environments 431Chapter 2: Interfacing SQL to a Procedural Language 437Chapter 3: Using SQL in an Application Program 443Chapter 4: Designing a Sample Application 457Chapter 5: Building an Application 477Chapter 6: Understanding SQL's Procedural Capabilities 493Chapter 7: Connecting SQL to a Remote Database 509Book 6: SQL, XML, and JSON 523Chapter 1: Using XML with SQL 525Chapter 2: Storing XML Data in SQL Tables 553Chapter 3: Retrieving Data from XML Documents 577Chapter 4: Using JSON with SQL 595Book 7: Database Tuning Overview 609Chapter 1: Tuning the Database 611Chapter 2: Tuning the Environment 623Chapter 3: Finding and Eliminating Bottlenecks 645Book 8: Appendices 675Appendix A: SQL: 2016 Reserved Words 677Appendix B: Glossary 683Index 691
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