INFORMIX-SQL, A Tutorial and Reference

Dear music lovers, Rumours of my book's death have been greatly exaggerated, and probably put about by my unworthy competition! If you need a great book on INFORMIX-SQL (to go with a great product), check this one out. I've attached a couple of reviews at the end. Title: INFORMIX-SQL, a tutorial and reference Author: Tony Lacy-Thompson Publisher: Prentice Hall ISBN: 0-13-465121-9 Price: UKP 19.95, US$ 38.00 Phone: US: 1-800-947-7700 UK/Europe: (0)442-881900 5000 people (since January 1991) can't be wrong! Tony Lacy-Thompson Ex-Senior Product Manager, Informix UK Now: Major Launches Manager, Informix Menlo Park -- --------------------------- | Heidi Fleiss paid ME. | --------------------------- Tony Lacy-Thompson - Manager, Major Launches Informix Software Inc., 4100 Bohannon Drive, Menlo Park CA 94025 TEL: (415) 926-6615 FAX: (415) 322-2805 E-MAIL: tonylt@informix.com Review #1 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Writing in Unix Business magazine, Jeff Turner had this to say: "This book provides both novice and exprienced users with an excellent reference guide. With practical examples, based on a property database system, a fully functional system is built from the design stage through to report output." "Database design, including the obligatory section on "Normalisation Theory" is presented in an easy-to-understand manner. Each module of INFORMIX-SQL: PERFORM, ACE, SQL-editor, User-Menus and Schema Editor are covered in detail." "I was particularly impressed with the variety offered when showing examples of SQL commands. On a number of occasions, the author would show two or three alternative arrangements of SQL commands to carry out the same task. The merits and demerits of each would then be discussed. Such diversity allows the reader to understand the techniques of managing and interrogating an INFORMIX-SQL database with greater clarity and better reasoning." "Throughout the book, reference is made to the property database system. Schema details, sample data listings and example ACE and PERFORM texts are contained in an appendix. Even the answers to questions raised in the tutorials are provided (yes, you can cheat if you want to!). Clear explanations, good use of diagrams and simple step-by-step exercises help to make this book a winner. Strongly recommended for anyone using INFORMIX-SQL." "This highly informative book represents a good buy." Review #2 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Jon Vogler in Computer Contractor writes: "...Tony Lacy-Thompson is more productive of clever tricks with INFORMIX-SQL: he not only explains how 4.0 differs from earlier versions but reveals undocumented features, such as using graphics characters within a form to draw lines and boxes. I liked his explanations of how to combine Informix reports with Unix shell scripts, for example to switch printers at runtime... ...Lacy-Thompson explains as much in half as many pages by knowing, intuitively, which words to omit without losing clarity... Which of these books will find a permanent place on my shelf? ...Lacy-Thompson for helping me to do things with INFORMIX-SQL I could not do before." --------------------------------------------------------------------------