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In this chapter we will introduce you to SQL’s history, to the relational concepts which gave birth to SQL, and to some of the reasons why SQL systems are to be preferred over ‘traditional’ database systems. Armed with this background information, you will be better equipped to begin looking at SQL commands in chapter 2.
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© 1990 Elizabeth Lynch
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Lynch, E. (1990). Introduction to SQL. In: Understanding SQL. Macmillan Computer Science Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-11552-5_1
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