How long does it take to read Sams Teach Yourself SQL in 10 Minutes?
Ben Forta
Sams Teach Yourself SQL in 10 Minutes by Ben Forta takes about 4 hours 26 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 26 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1999. 242 pages, about 66,550 words.
9 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 7 hours 24 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 26 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 46 minutes |
The page count is the median across 6 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Sams Teach Yourself SQL in 10 Minutes, 2E is a tutorial-based book, organized into a series of easy-to-follow, 10-minute lessons. These well targeted lessons teach you in 10 minutes what some books take several hours or days to teach. Instead of dwelling of database theory and relational design, this book takes a very hands-on approach to solving the needs of the majority of SQL users who simply need to interact with data.The reader of this book will learn how to:Retrieve and sort dataFilter data using comparisons and wildcardsUse the aggregate functions to analyze dataPerform insert, update, and delete operationsJoin relational tables using inner, outer, and self joinsCombine queries using unionsUse viewsCreate and use stored procedures, triggers, and other advanced database features
Subjects: Computer Technology, Programming languages, Database management, Handbooks, SQL, Data base management systems
