LINQ in Action

LINQ, Language INtegrated Query, is a new extension to the Visual Basic and C# programming languages designed to simplify data queries and database interaction. It addreses O/R mapping issues by making query operations like SQL statements part of the prog...

 Pro LINQ Language Integrated Query in C# 2008

LINQ is the project name for a set of extensions to the .NET Framework that provide a generic approach to querying data from different data sources. LINQ will premier in Visual Studio 2008, and will become the next must-have skill for .NET developers. For...

 Learning SQL on SQL Server 2005 The simpler way to learn to query SQL Server

Anyone who interacts with today's modern databases needs to know SQL (Structured Query Language), the standard language for generating, manipulating, and retrieving database information. In recent years, the dramatic rise in the popularity of relational d...

 SAP Query Reporting

SAP Query Reporting is everything an SAP user needs to know to create your own reports in SAP using Query tools, no programming required! Designed as a hands-on learning aid, you will be able to follow along and perform each new skill learned on your own ...

 Spatial Databases A Tour

For Advanced Database Topics courses taught in Computer Science departments and Advanced Geographic Information Systems courses taught in departments such as Geography, Natural Resources, Civil Engineering, Urban Planning, Transportation, Environmental St...

 Model-Checking Based Data Retrieval An Application to Semistructured and Temporal Data

This book is devoted to the study of the semantics and assuring the efficient execution of database query languages, where the database contains semistructured and time-varying information. The primary focus of the work presented is the definition of an e...

 XQuery - The XML query language

From corporate IT departments to academic institutions, XML has become the language of choice for storing and transmitting data across diverse application domains. XQuery, an XML Query Language invented by the World Wide Web Consortium, offers a powerful,...

 SQL Server Query Performance Tuning Distilled

Queries are one of the fundamental tools for manipulating data within SQL server, and knowledge of them is a necessity. This book uses a focused and practical approach to provide you with the most efficient methods to employ with queries. It focuses on th...

 Oracle Discoverer Handbook

The only book on Oracle Discoverer--the award-winning, easy-to-use ad hoc query and analysis tool for high performance end user access to information. Covers the querying and reporting functionality of Discover. Explains important formatting procedures fo...

 PostgreSQL Introduction and Concepts

The most advanced, feature-rich SQL database server available, the open-source PostgreSQL system has rapidly become a key Internet technology. PostgreSQL: Introduction and Concepts, written by a founding member of the PostgreSQL Global Development Team, p...

  Database Performance Tuning and Optimization

This book provides comprehensive coverage of database performance tuning using Oracle8 as the RDBMS. The chapters contain both theoretical discussions dealing with principles and methodology as well as actual SQL scripts to implement the methodology. The ...