SQL--Structured Query Language--is the language all relational databases use to make enquiries. This essential book teaches SQL programming in the shortest possible time. It covers both the ANSI standard as the minimum requirement, and also discusses different implementations. It also serves as a handy reference.
Welcome to MCSA/MCSE Self−Paced Training Kit (Exam 70−291): Implementing, Managing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Network Infrastructure, Second Edition. This book prepares you for the 70-291 exam by teaching you how to configure, manage, and troubleshoot various aspects of a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service...
What are the key decisions and tradeoffs you face as you design and develop enterprise applications? How do you build the back end so that it not only handles your current needs but is flexible enough to allow your system to evolve as your needs expand? Answer these questions and many more with Building Java Enterprise Applications, an...
Computing for the Older & Wiser is a simple-to-follow user friendly guide aimed at the older generation introducing the basics of mastering a computer. Covering the latest release of Windows Vista Home PremiumTM and Windows XPTM, this book is designed for people who want straightforward instructions on...
Shortly after most novice traders discover how trading works and begin to realize that they have the potential to make unlimited amounts of money in the financial markets, they start dreaming the near-impossible dream. They fantasize about buying that condo in Boca Raton for their parents or surprising their son with a brand-new car on his...
Digital State comprises sixteen commentaries that each offers an answer to the question: "What is the digital state?" Simon Pont and his panel of experts set out to examine and assess how technology, society and culture are impacted by the digital revolution and consider its future implications. ...
The load your users place on your Windows 2000 servers may increase approximately linearly over time, but that's no guarantee that the servers' performance will degrade smoothly and predictably. Rather--and this is the crux of Windows 2000 Performance Guide--a modest increase in workload can often cause a significant, even catastrophic,...
This book is an introduction to a set of software specification methods. Its targeted audience are readers who do not wish to read pages of definitions in order to understand the basics of a method. The same case study is used to introduce each method, following a rigorously uniform presentation format. Special care has been devoted to ensure that...
Digital photography has come of age. Digital cameras are now affordable, easy to use, and provide quality images that rival their traditional film counterparts. Interest among consumers and the technicallly savvy is soaring.
Digital images are easier to share, and because you only print the pictures you need, they're much more cost effective...
The first look at the philosophy behind Stephenie Meyer's bestselling Twilight series
Bella and Edward, and their family and friends, have faced countless dangers and philosophical dilemmas in Stephenie Meyer's Twilight novels. This book is the first to explore them, drawing on the wisdom of philosophical heavyweights to...
Energy: We want it affordable, we want it available in ample quantities and from reliable sources, and we want it to be produced and used in ways that are safe and environmentally benign. In other words, we want plenty of energy too cheap to meter and with no impact on the environment. Ha! With a refreshing lack of bias, this book dissects...
I am very pleased to have this new book in the Aho/Ullman series Principles of Computer Science. I see this book as a major step toward making computer science theory accessible to the wide range of students who need to know the subject. It covers a good segment of the classical material on data structures and algorithms, but it does so in a...
