The Practical SQL Handbook begins with a step-by-step introduction to SQL basics and examines the issues involved in designing SQL-based database applications. It fully explores SQL s most popular implementations from industry leaders, Oracle, Microsoft, Sybase, and Informix.
The purpose of this preface is twofold. Firstly, to give an informal historical
introduction to the subject area of this book, Systems and Control, and
secondly, to explain the philosophy of the approach to this subject taken
in this book and to outline the topics that will be covered.
