Re: SQL books

[Sam_L <lennon_s_j@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks--works for me.  It does look like an interesting book.

Those on the list grappling with SQL should take a look.

Sam

On 4/5/2013 9:37 AM, Buck Calabro wrote:

> Much of DB2 LUW applies to DB2 for i.  Not all, but recent years have
> seen many additions to our DB2.  Even if a particular technique isn't
> currently supported with our syntax, seeing it done /at all/ is
> informative, and gives one ideas on how to go about the same process
> using our syntax.
>
> But more than that, there is quite a bit of education in there, too.
> For example, look at the chapter on OLAP.  If someone were to explain to
> me what OLAP does, I probably wouldn't be impressed enough to try to use
> it.  Graeme starts out with a simple query and gradually adds to it
> until it's easy to see how OLAP can be applied to a given class of problem.
>
> And that's the specific value I get from this book.