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sql server 2005 - 2007-11-19
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This is one of the most complete books on SQL 2005 available.
It may be a bit much for a beginner, though. Brush up on the terminology
and basic concepts first, and then this book will explain a great deal
about the day to day workings of a database in a production environment.

Information at your fingertips - 2007-12-10
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The information is displayed in a easy-to-find manner. The style is clear and concise.

If you are new to SQL Server 2005 administration, this is the book to keep on your desk.

Cut and Paste Compendium - 2009-09-01
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I (perhaps naively) attempted to use this book to educate myself on SSIS, SSAS, and SSRS. This is an awful, terrible, retarded book, even for Microsoft Press. Here's just a few of its many problems:

- 90% of its content is just walkthroughs, most likely pasted in from MS help docs and KB articles.

- No actual educational surveys of the topics in chapters are provided, apart from a couple paragraphs introducing it and telling you how thankful you should be that MS added some lame features to it in this version.

- The walkthroughs are literally unreadable unless you're actually performing that task right now. What few explanations of concepts there are, are buried in reams of "click this button, now click the drop-down selector, now click OK."

- This presentation becomes instantly useless when a new version comes out (which already happened) since the text is married to this version's GUI.

- The occasional typo and grammar error complete the tardfest.

Basically, this book is just 1200 pages of filler with a hardcover for cubicle-shelf eyewash purposes. Only the most clueless MS weenies would actually use this for a reference on the job when the KB has the same thing, only more up to date. Even more pathetic is it took 5 people to "write" this. Typical mall bookstore-grade tech book detritus.

Great book - 2009-03-10
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This is a great book that every developer and dba should read. It start from the installation of SQL Server and touch every little aspect of the configuration and the administration of the server.
Every chapter is well designed and full of important tips.

DBA view - 2008-08-13
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Being new to SQL 2005 and a "part time" DBA, this book has helped me with a number of situations I needed to solve. I use it daily.

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