The SQL Guide to Ingres Now Available at Lulu.com

Reference Book Authored by Leading Database Expert Rick van der Lans Geared to
Open Source Database Developers and Administrators
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(Business Wire)--
Developers and database administrators who rely on Ingres Database, theleading
independent open source database that helps organizations develop and manage
business critical applications at an affordable cost, 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. The SQL Guide to Ingres is a 732-page tutorial and
reference book now available at lulu.com, the marketplace for digital content on
the internet, and can be purchased at
http://www.lulu.com/content/paperback-book/the-sql-guide-to-ingres/6608333. The
paperback book also includes a foreword by Emma McGrattan, senior vice president
of engineering, Ingres.

"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. "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."

"I was honored and delighted to be asked to provide the foreword for this book
and am so happy to have this resource on my bookshelf," said Emma McGrattan,
senior vice president, engineering, Ingres. "Rick introduces features, examples,
and explanations that veteran Ingres technology users sometimes take for
granted, and also shows two-decade Ingres developers quite a few new tricks."

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.

Whether new to Ingres or experienced, readers will learn how to query and update
data, create and restructure tables, views and indexes, specify keys and check
constraints, secure data, develop stored procedures and rules, carry out
transactions, and audit access of tables and databases, among many other feature
instructions.

Ingres Users Association Conference Awards van der Lans

The Ingres Users Association (IUA) named Rick van der Lans as the "Top Ingres
Community Contributor" at last week`s IUA conference in London. Roger Burkhardt,
CEO, Ingres, presented the award and van der Lans signed copies of The SQL Guide
to Ingres for IUA attendees.

About the author

Rick F. van der Lans is an independent analyst, consultant, author and lecturer
specializing in Data Warehousing, Business Intelligence, Service Oriented
Architectures, and Database Technology. He is Managing Director of
R20/Consultancy based in The Netherlands. van der Lans is also the author of the
classic Introduction to SQL, the definitive SQL guide that developers have
relied on for more than 20 years, and of the successful SQL for MySQL Developers
which has been translated into many languages and sold over 100,000 copies. In
addition, he is chairman of the European Data warehouse Conference (organized
annually in United Kingdom), chairman of the BI event in The Netherlands, writes
for the B-eye-Network, and is a columnist for Database Magazine.

About Lulu

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than 5,000 new titles added each week, created by people in more than 80
different countries. With over two million registered users, and two million
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authors are fully supported to profit from their work.

About Ingres Corporation

Ingres is the leading open source database management company. We are the
world`s second largest open source company and the pioneer of the New Economics
of IT, providing business-critical open source solutions at a dramatically
reduced cost than proprietary software vendors. As a leader in The New Economics
of IT, Ingres delivers low cost and accelerated innovation to more than 10,000
customers worldwide.

Ingres is a registered trademark of Ingres Corporation. All other trademarks,
trade names, service marks, and logos referenced herein belong to their
respective companies.

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