Re: Useful books on XML and SQL
I was just wondering if anyone found any particular books useful for learning SQL and XML for reporting from Recorder. I know there is lots of info on here and the web but I find it handy to have something to refer to when I'm starting out.
I've currently got two on my desk:
Sams Teach Yourself SQL in 10 minutes by Ben Forta.
Beginning XML Databases by Gavin Powell.
Coincidentally these are the only two books on their respective subjects that were in stock in Maidstone library and hence they won't be on my desk forever! I haven't read them yet but they look OK. However, we may be able to find a few pennies to actually buy some books so I wondered if anyone had any recommendations.
(A note on the level I'm at - I hadn't worked on databases at all until I started at the records centre. The closest thing to XML I know is LaTeX I guess (a mathematical mark up language).)
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