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The Art of SQL, written by Stéphane Faroult with Peter Robson, is a technical guide to designing and using relational databases with sustained performance in mind. Rather than functioning as a syntax manual or a collection of isolated query recipes, it examines the decisions that determine whether SQL systems remain effective as data, users, and operational demands grow. Its organizing metaphor comes from military strategy: database work requires reconnaissance, planning, awareness of constraints, and preparation for changing conditions. The book addresses experienced developers, database practitioners, and technical leads who already know basic SQL but need a more durable way to reason about data access and system behavior. It connects query formulation to data modeling, indexing, physical storage, concurrency, and workload characteristics. A central purpose is to challenge the practice of treating slow SQL as a minor defect that can always be repaired later by a database administrator. Faroult and Robson instead present performance as an architectural responsibility, shaped long before a production query becomes a visible bottleneck.