ANSI SQL Manual

Question

Can anyone recommend a good ANSI SQL reference manual?

I don\'t necessary mean a tutorial but a proper reference document to lookup when you need either a basic or

Answer 1

This reminds me of my 2nd year university course where we learn relational theory instead of SQL.

Read a good book on Relational Theory. Database theory and practice have evolved since Edgar Codd originally defined the relational model back in 1969. Independent of any SQL products, SQL and Relational Theory draws on decades of research to present the most up-to-date treatment of the material available anywhere. Anyone with a modest to advanced background in SQL will benefit from the many insights in this book.

Oreilly January 2009

Answer 2

I really like just about anything Joe Celko has written Celko's Books

Answer 3

The DevGuru resources always worked well for me: http://www.devguru.com/technologies/t-sql/home.asp

Although I must admit it's not strictly an 'ANSI' focused resource. I've always been MS SQL centric, and it was helpful to me when I was starting out. IMHO Your best bet will be to use several resources - specifically including at least one of for each DB platform you want to use.

To Quote the DevGuru intro for their T-SQL resource:

Although there are standards for SQL, such as ANSI SQL92 and SQL99, most databases use their own dialect and/or extentions. Microsoft's flavor of SQL used in SQL Server 7 and SQL Server 2000 is called T-SQL. While many of the examples in this quick reference may work on other databases, it is assumed that SQL Server 2000 is used, especially for advanced topics such as stored procedures.

Answer 4

It's a littel outdated, but this book is really helpful is looking at how the differnt vendors implement things, I belive it includes ANSII standard.

http://www.amazon.com/SQL-Nutshell-2nd-Kevin-Kline/dp/0596004818/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1257963172&sr=8-1