On 2008-04-07 15:30, Greg Lindstrom wrote: > On Sun, Apr 6, 2008 at 2:31 AM, John Nagle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Basic SQL isn't that hard. Learn CREATE, SELECT, INSERT, >> UPDATE, and DELETE syntax. That's enough for most simple >> applications. > > And then learn more advanced SQL: joins, nested selects, pivot tables and > stored procedures. You can do a lot of processing "inside" the database > which cuts down on data running over the wire. > > SQL is one of the areas I wish I had mastered (much) earlier in my career
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