I'm pleased to announce the release of my latest book, Taming Visual FoxPro's SQL: Real World Data Solutions for VFP, from Hentzenwerke Publishing. This is an e-book with lots of downloadable code, available at
http://www.hentzenwerke.com/catalog/tamingvfpsql.htm.
Here's what Whil Hentzen had to say:
You know how once in a while you run into a book that grows on you - each time you read it, there seems to be more in there than the last time you picked it up? Well, that's the way it's been with Tamar E.
Granor's new "Taming Visual FoxPro SQL: Real World Data Solutions in VFP" ebook (PDF only), available now direct from us.
You gotta check it out. Here are the chapter headings, just to tempt you:
1: Introducing SQL
2: Using SQL to Define Data
3: Basic Data Manipulation
4: Retrieving Data
5: Working with Subqueries
6: Complex Data Manipulation
7: Optimization
8: Common Problems and How to Solve Them
A: VFP Versions and SQL Commands
B: Dealing with Version Change
C: Changing from a VFP Back-end to SQL Server
More info here:
http://www.hentzenwerke.comAnd ordering info is here:
https://hentzenwerke.com/olbs/A1_Instr.olb152 pages of sheer delight. For us programming types, at least.