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Professional SQL Server 2000 Programming
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Rating: 4.21/5 from 67 reviews Still the best for newbies...Can't be beatFor a developer with weak or mediocre SQL Server skills, this is the best place to go. It is very readable without being too wordy, and the coverage is awesome, actually much wider than is needed for the 70-229 exam. Amazingry this book is both exactly what I need as a professional developer AND exactly what I needed to pass 70-229. (I should mention that for that exam you need to be very familiar with the command line and GUI tools and options, DBCC etc, which are covered by this book.) I cannot imagine a better SQL Server 2000 "bible" for developers. It's true it lacks super advanced information on performance tuning, OLAP, and DTS, but all of these topics are covered well enough for the needs of a professional developer who is not on a specialty project and is not acting as a power DBA. And to add more of such advanced details, cutting out fat to make room would not be an option, because there is no fat in this book, it is already 1400 pages because it covers everything. Unless you are already a SQL Server expert, I think you shouldn't go without this book. Best Book By Far....I've read the MSPress Certification book, BOL (SQL server Books Online), and neither come close to the under standing this book gives. Things I've read 5 times over in the other aforemenioned book and still didn't get an understanding, I read once in this book and understood right off. I wished I had this book before taking the admin exam (I passed, but caught heck doing it). aaron@aaronford.com | ||||||||||||||||||||
There are other books out there, but this one is the best. Rob really knows what he is talking about - I haven't found any errors or bad advice - something that just isn't true for the other entry level TSQL programming books (even those from MSPress). Most importantly - this book reads well, its not a regurgitation of SQL Books Online, its real explanations written with an everyman tone.
Alot of topics (mostly covering different services of SQL 2000) are not covered completely (if it did, the book would require a forklift). If I have one complaint, its the chapter on WMI which seems to have been written by a different author and just tacked onto the end of the book - its there, but it just doesn't read as well. If your looking for an advanced book - check out Ken Henderson's Gurus Guide and Ben-Gan / Moreau's Advanced TSQL (which I'm reading now and is great). But if your a newbie, this is it.