Data and tables: a place for everything -- The select statement: Gifted data retrieval -- Delete and update: A change will do you good -- Smart table design: Why be normal? -- Alter: Rewriting the past -- Advanced select: Seeing your data with new eyes -- Multi-table database design: Outgrowing your table -- Joins and multi-table operations: Can't we all just get along? -- Subqueries: Queries within queries -- Outer joins, self joins, and unions: New maneuvers -- Constraints, views, and transactions: Too many cooks spoil the database -- Security: Protecting your assets.