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Everything about SQL:1999

1999 edition of the SQL standard

SQL:1999 was the fourth revision of the SQL database query language. It introduced many new features, many of which required clarifications in the subsequent SQL:2003. In the meanwhile SQL:1999 is deprecated. Wikipedia →

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Read the overview: SQL:1999A 5-minute orientation
Pick up a classic book: MySQL and mSQLThe most-reprinted book on the subject
Read the landmark paper: Semantic integrity support in SQL:1999 and commercial (object-)relational database management systemsCited 40 times
Go sideways: SQLA closely related topic
Go sideways: Hierarchical and recursive queries in SQLA closely related topic

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🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

Semantic integrity support in SQL:1999 and commercial (object-)relational database management systems

Can Türker, Michael Gertz · 2001 · The VLDB Journal · 40 citations
Kollektionsunterst�tzung f�r SQL:1999

Jens Lufter · 2003 · Informatik - Forschung und Entwicklung · 0 citations
Review: SQL:1999 Understanding Relational Language Components

G. Price · 2002 · The Computer Bulletin · 0 citations

📚 Books worth reading

MySQL and mSQLRandy Jay Yarger · 1999
Oracle distributed systemsCharles Dye · 1999

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