Desk references are still big in IT/tech fields and databases are a very popular topic to consider. SQL: The Complete Reference covers over 900 pages of SQL tips, tricks, and code samples.

The index is fantastic which you’d expect from a compendium of this size. And this book covers absolutely everything you could possibly need(plus quite a bit more).

Chapters break down into sections like querying data and programming SQL. You’ll learn all kinds of tricks like multitable queries, DDL statements, custom APIs, and security features for user authentication. You can easily look up any topic in the reference and likely find a related chapter covering that topic.

I do not recommend this book for beginners because it’s just too dense. It’s much more useful for intermediate or advanced users who already know what they’re trying to build, but they might not know how to do it.

Either way this is the absolute best desk reference out there for SQL database work. It’s not really a code cookbook, but it can feel like one and it operates in a similar manner.

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