-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 10/04/07 11:06, Geoffrey wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: >> >> On 10/04/07 10:28, Geoffrey wrote: >>> Anyone have a recommendation for a good sql tutorial? Looking for a >>> book, but online would be useful as well. >>> >>> This is for a financial user who will need to have an understanding of >>> sql in order to generate reports with a report writer like openrpt. >>> >>> Thanks for any suggestions. >> >> My suggestion: tell him that the SQL interface is "broken". > > Then we have to write the reports for him, which is what we are trying > to get away from. You'll see his SQL, squeal like a girl and then forbid him from ever touching the database again. I'm just saving you the intermediary steps. - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day. Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHBRM4S9HxQb37XmcRAi25AKDf3C73/L5wWEQCokbU2f3kMgtJ4ACgoe5b /Z13ghfxSDePc7fu3i8ck30= =UX2f -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend