See how SQL interfaces with today's environments

Start building and using relational databases with SQL's newest features

The database may be the twenty-first century filing cabinet, but building one is a little more complex than sliding drawers into a metal box. With this book to guide you through all the newest features of SQL, you'll soon be whipping up relational databases, using SQL with XML to power driven Web sites, and more!

Discover how to

* Use SQL in a client/server system

* Build a multitable relational database

* Construct nested and recursive queries

* Set up database security

* Use SQL within applications

* Map SQL to XML