--- product_id: 7592902 title: "The Art of SQL" price: "₩113573" currency: KRW in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.kr/products/7592902-the-art-of-sql store_origin: KR region: South Korea --- # The Art of SQL **Price:** ₩113573 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Art of SQL - **How much does it cost?** ₩113573 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.kr](https://www.desertcart.kr/products/7592902-the-art-of-sql) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description The Art of SQL [Faroult, Stephane, Robson, Peter] on desertcart.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Art of SQL Review: Sun Tzu Meets E. F. Codd; Wonderful! - Stephane Faroult has written perhaps one of the most important books on SQL and Relational Databases since the magisterial work of Dr. E.F. Codd. Faroult uniquely, and effectively, casts the sage teachings of Sun Tzu from "The Art of War" upon the sound theoretical underpinnings of Dr. Codd's "Relational Model for Database Management". And the result is a wonderful, entertaining, and insightful exposition of the critical success factors in modern relational database implementation. The writing is wonderful, and stunningly clear. A word of caution is necessary, though. Faroult is obviously a brilliant and experienced expert. Some of his work reflected in the corpus of this text is what we could rightly call deep and heavy. It requires serious and thoughtful contemplation. This is not a book to be read quickly. Rather, it is an important work to be studied carefully and referred to often. There were many aspects of this excellent book that I enjoyed a great deal. His initial chapter on "Laying Plans", Designing Databases for Performance, is one of the best single chapters I've ever read in a technical book. And his final chapter, "Employment of Spies", Monitoring for Performance, was also great. I personally savored Faroult's sage teaching that a sound relational design was the factor most dispositive of success in making modern databases work as described in the first chapter. But I was absolutely delighted that Faroult both headed his final chapter with a quote from the Gospel according to Saint John and included the value of syllogistic logic in his excellent arguments in this final chapter. In short, the book is great. Faroult is much to be applauded for this excellent work. His book should occupy an honored place in the library of any professional seriously involved in SQL development and design. God bless. Review: This is your graduate level course in SQL - how and why - Probably most database solution developers and DBAs have picked up their knowledge of the subject as they have needed it, rather than in a formal and structured (so to speak) method. And even those that have had a structured education probably learned a lot more while in the field. And so there are always gaps. Gaps in technique, but also gaps in the why of many things that I, for example, took for granted about large DBMS's and SQL. This book handily fills in those gaps. It assumes a moderate to advanced foundation in SQL and DBMS, and then takes off from there. It is mostly prose with some code and SQL sprinkled throughout, but if you have a foundation, you can flesh out the technique. It is like listening to a graduate level lecture. It is distilled wisdom more than How To, and the more you bring to the material, the more you will get from it. And every page is rich with information. I don't feel like I have wasted my time on any one page, as I often do in the how to manuals. Definitely an advanced piece. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #1,495,251 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #195 in SQL #3,304 in Programming Languages (Books) #4,167 in Computer Software (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars (72) | | Dimensions | 7 x 0.86 x 9.19 inches | | Edition | 1st | | ISBN-10 | 0596008945 | | ISBN-13 | 978-0596008949 | | Item Weight | 2.31 pounds | | Language | English | | Print length | 370 pages | | Publication date | March 1, 2006 | | Publisher | O'Reilly Media | ## Images ![The Art of SQL - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81k2g2j2SDL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Sun Tzu Meets E. F. Codd; Wonderful! *by T***N on April 29, 2012* Stephane Faroult has written perhaps one of the most important books on SQL and Relational Databases since the magisterial work of Dr. E.F. Codd. Faroult uniquely, and effectively, casts the sage teachings of Sun Tzu from "The Art of War" upon the sound theoretical underpinnings of Dr. Codd's "Relational Model for Database Management". And the result is a wonderful, entertaining, and insightful exposition of the critical success factors in modern relational database implementation. The writing is wonderful, and stunningly clear. A word of caution is necessary, though. Faroult is obviously a brilliant and experienced expert. Some of his work reflected in the corpus of this text is what we could rightly call deep and heavy. It requires serious and thoughtful contemplation. This is not a book to be read quickly. Rather, it is an important work to be studied carefully and referred to often. There were many aspects of this excellent book that I enjoyed a great deal. His initial chapter on "Laying Plans", Designing Databases for Performance, is one of the best single chapters I've ever read in a technical book. And his final chapter, "Employment of Spies", Monitoring for Performance, was also great. I personally savored Faroult's sage teaching that a sound relational design was the factor most dispositive of success in making modern databases work as described in the first chapter. But I was absolutely delighted that Faroult both headed his final chapter with a quote from the Gospel according to Saint John and included the value of syllogistic logic in his excellent arguments in this final chapter. In short, the book is great. Faroult is much to be applauded for this excellent work. His book should occupy an honored place in the library of any professional seriously involved in SQL development and design. God bless. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ This is your graduate level course in SQL - how and why *by M***D on September 14, 2006* Probably most database solution developers and DBAs have picked up their knowledge of the subject as they have needed it, rather than in a formal and structured (so to speak) method. And even those that have had a structured education probably learned a lot more while in the field. And so there are always gaps. Gaps in technique, but also gaps in the why of many things that I, for example, took for granted about large DBMS's and SQL. This book handily fills in those gaps. It assumes a moderate to advanced foundation in SQL and DBMS, and then takes off from there. It is mostly prose with some code and SQL sprinkled throughout, but if you have a foundation, you can flesh out the technique. It is like listening to a graduate level lecture. It is distilled wisdom more than How To, and the more you bring to the material, the more you will get from it. And every page is rich with information. I don't feel like I have wasted my time on any one page, as I often do in the how to manuals. Definitely an advanced piece. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Lots of food for thought *by O***1 on March 11, 2013* I haven't yet put any of this book's ideas into practice, but they address real problems I've run into. That in itself makes this book different from the many other database books I've seen, which focus just on introductory stuff. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.kr/products/7592902-the-art-of-sql](https://www.desertcart.kr/products/7592902-the-art-of-sql) --- *Product available on Desertcart South Korea* *Store origin: KR* *Last updated: 2026-04-28*