The SQL guide to Ingres now available

LONDON, UK: Developers and database administrators who rely on Ingres Database can now purchase a tutorial and reference book to support and guide them each and every day while on the job.

Today Ingres Corporation, the leading open source database management company and pioneer of the New Economics of IT, announced the availability of The SQL Guide to Ingres, authored by leading database, data warehousing, business intelligence (BI) and service oriented architecture (SOA) expert Rick van der Lans.

"Many people have asked me why write a book on Ingres," said van der Lans. "The reason is simple. The popularity of Ingres is on the rise and that has everything to do with the fact that it became open source in 2004. Ingres is one of the most solid and scalable open source database servers on the market, and with its long and remarkable history, it has proven itself in many large organizations. Going open source has only improved it."

The SQL Guide to Ingres describes in detail Ingres Database 9.2, which is the company's latest version announced just last year.  The guide contains explanations of classic and new features of this latest version and offers hundreds of examples of how to develop and administer Ingres Database.

With a proven technical writing approach and structure, the book instructs readers how to use Ingres most efficiently and effectively. It also contains a complete description of the SQL dialect as implemented in the Ingres 2006 version of the database.

"We've worked with Rick van der Lans on several projects in the business intelligence and database space and appreciate his breadth of expertise," said Deb Woods, vice president, product management, Ingres.

Woods added, "Just months following our release of version 9.2, he completed this tutorial and it is so comprehensive that it includes virtually everything one needs to know to really get the most out of their Ingres Database server."

Developers and Ingres Database Administrators at businesses big and small can use the guide as a straightforward tutorial or as a reference tool for questions in the moment.  Young developers or those new to the Ingres Database environment can learn how all Ingres Database 9.2 features work and experienced developers will get a more thorough understanding of all the latest and greatest features.