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SQL in 24 Hours, Sams Teach Yourself

SQL in 24 Hours, Sams Teach Yourself

Ryan Stephens

T-SQL Fundamentals

T-SQL Fundamentals

Itzik Ben-Gan

Mastering SQL Server 2008

Mastering SQL Server 2008

Michael Lee, Gentry Bieker

The Data Model Resource Book, Volume 1

The Data Model Resource Book, Volume 1

Len Silverston

SQL Tuning

SQL Tuning

Dan Tow

MySQL Stored Procedure Programming

MySQL Stored Procedure Programming

Guy Harrison, Steven Feuerstein

The Data Warehouse ETL Toolkit

The Data Warehouse ETL Toolkit

Ralph Kimball, Joe Caserta

Building the Data Warehouse

Building the Data Warehouse

W. H. Inmon

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Fundamentals of Data Engineering

Fundamentals of Data Engineering

Joe Reis, Matt Housley

SQL for Dummies

SQL for Dummies

Allen G. Taylor

Fundamentals of Database Management Systems

Fundamentals of Database Management Systems

Mark L. Gillenson

SQL All-in-one for Dummies

SQL All-in-one for Dummies

Allen G. Taylor, Richard Blum

Pro Couchbase Server

Pro Couchbase Server

David Ostrovsky, Yaniv Rodenski

Designing Data-intensive Applications

Designing Data-intensive Applications

Martin Kleppmann

Graph Databases

Graph Databases

Ian Robinson, Jim Webber

Getting Started With SQL

Getting Started With SQL

Thomas Nield

Data Governance: the Definitive Guide

Data Governance: the Definitive Guide

Evren Eryurek, Uri Gilad

Data Pipelines Pocket Reference

Data Pipelines Pocket Reference

James Densmore

SQL in a Nutshell

SQL in a Nutshell

Kevin Kline, Regina Obe

The Manga Guide to Databases

The Manga Guide to Databases

Mana Takahashi, Shoko Azuma

Just Use Postgres!

Just Use Postgres!

Denis Magda

Practical SQL, 2nd Edition

Practical SQL, 2nd Edition

Anthony DeBarros

MySQL Crash Course

MySQL Crash Course

Rick Silva