See how SQL interfaces with today's environments

Start building and using relational databases with SQL's newest features

The database may be the twenty-first century filing cabinet, but building one is a little more complex than sliding drawers into a metal box. With this book to guide you through all the newest features of SQL, you'll soon be whipping up relational databases, using SQL with XML to power data-driven Web sites, and more!

Discover how to

Use SQL in a client/server system

Build a multitable relational database

Construct nested and recursive queries

Set up database security

Use SQL within applications

Map SQL to XML