Do you need to write database applications, performing administrative tasks, or generate reports, Learning SQL, Second Edition, will help you easily master all the basics of SQL. Each chapter presents a lesson on my own at key SQL concept or technique, with various illustrations and examples are described. With this book, you will: Moving quickly through the basics of SQL and some advanced features to learn SQL statements Use the data to generate, manipulate, and retrieve data Create database objects such as tables, indexes, and constraints, using the SQL schema statements Learn how to interact with the query data sets, and understand importance of subqueries Convert and manipulate data with SQL built-in functions, and use conditional logic in the report data Knowledge of SQL is a must to interact with data.