Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ:JAVA) today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire MySQL AB, an open source icon and developer ...

Book Review: "Teach Yourself SQL in 24 Hours," by Ryan K. Stephens and Ron Plew, is an excellent primer for mastering the relational database model and all its intricacies.

So if you want a lucrative programming career (even the lowest paid SQL developers make upwards of $60,000 a year), it’s imperative that you learn a database programming language like SQL.