Ryan is an entrepreneur who has built his career and multiple IT firms around SQL, relational databases, and data management. Ryan has over 25 years of experience with SQL and has worked as a programmer, developer, designer, database administrator, consultant to large enterprise, and college instructor.  Ryan has authored several SQL-related books for Pearson Education, some of which are internationally published.  Ryan has mentored other consultants for years and currently teaches online SQL classes for Pearson Education and O'Reilly.  The 7th Edition of his latest book, Teach Yourself SQL in 24 Hours, has just been released and remains a popular SQL training tool for individuals, organizations, and universities.

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Books

Teach Yourself SQL in 24 Hours, 7th Edition, Pearson Education

Teach Yourself SQL in 24 Hours, Editions 1-6, Pearson Education

Teach Yourself SQL in 21 Days, Editions 1-6, Pearson Education

Database Design, Pearson Education

Teach Yourself Beginning Databases in 24 Hours, Pearson Education

SQL Functions, Wrox

Oracle Unleashed, 2nd Edition, Oracle Press

Oracle8 Server Unleashed, Oracle Press

Oracle Development Unleashed, Oracle Press

High Availability: Successful Implementation for the Data-driven Enterprise

       (Perpetual Technologies)

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Online Classes (Live Training)

SQL for Any IT Professional, Pearson Education/O'Reilly

SQL Hands-on Workshop for Any IT Professional, Pearson Education/O'Reilly

Database Design for Any IT Professional, Pearson Education/O'Reilly

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Video (Live Lessons)

SQL for Any IT Professional, Pearson Education - in development

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Previous College Training Authored and Instructed

SQL - Intro, Intermediate, and Advanced

Oracle DBA - Intro, Intermediate, and Advanced

Database Design

Oracle Forms, Oracle Reports

UNIX - Introduction, Shell Scripting