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Swatto
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 Posted - 2010-09-01 : 19:08:39
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| Hello all,Im new to this forum and to Transact-SQL in general, im currently learning from Learn Transact-SQL in 21 days. Im understanding everything I read quite easily however it is the remembering that is an issue for me. If Im doing Exercise questions is it ok to look back in the chapter or should I be answering directly from my head?Should I be remembering all this stuff or is it ok to just understand what it means for the moment?Thankyou for any advice |
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russell
Pyro-ma-ni-yak
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Posted - 2010-09-01 : 20:56:45
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| Look back. Then, when you think you've mastered the chapter, start over and read it again -- to prove to yourself you really have.Do that to yourself 3 or 4 times for each chapter. By the time you hit chapter 15, there'll be something you forgot from chapter 5 and when you see it the light bulb will go on over your head.Also, make sure you have a copy of SQL Server to play with (download SQL Server Express Version if none other is available to you) and practice.Invent a little project for yourself that you find interesting. Maybe a checkbook register, or baseball statistics, or an address book or whatever. Then you'll get good at it AND have a little fun!Good luck, and keep posting here with more questions as they arise! |
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Swatto
Starting Member
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Posted - 2010-09-02 : 05:27:37
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| Thankyou for your response :)Trouble is I am writing alot of the stuff down that I read and each chapter is taking ages to get through because of this. Should I just read the book through once without taking notes? and then read it again only taking notes on the bits I am struggling to understand? |
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robvolk
Most Valuable Yak
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Posted - 2010-09-02 : 08:09:05
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| Do what feels most comfortable to you. If taking notes helps you remember or understand, then take notes. If they DON'T help, and you feel they are slowing you down too much, then stop and continue reading and doing the sample exercises. Do as Russell suggests, invent a project that you find interesting and can do quickly. |
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Swatto
Starting Member
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Posted - 2010-09-02 : 10:13:41
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| Writing things down does not help me understand them better however it does simplify the text in the book - maybe I should just read the book through and if I need to use a specific command or something I can just look back in the book for it. |
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robvolk
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Posted - 2010-09-02 : 11:03:54
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Writing things down does not help me understand them better however it does simplify the text in the book
Well, I'd say simplifying it DOES help you understand it better. A lot of books are overwritten, or poorly written, and usually just present information rather than explain it. Your notes are a way of taking the good information out and leaving the bad or unhelpful stuff behind. |
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