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Title: SQL Server 2000: A Beginner's Guide (Book/CD-ROM) by Dusan Petkovic ISBN: 0-07-212587-X Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media Pub. Date: 28 September, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $39.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.14 (7 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Truely for beginners
Comment: So, the boss called me up one day and said, "Your team has to learn SQL Server 2000." I said, "How long do we have?" She answered, "How fast can you do it?" After tooling around the store, I chose this book and we bought three copies. In one week, we were all functional in SQL Server (with background in SQL and relational databases already there). That's a good deal.
So, I recommended it to others in our company who need to learn more about relational databases, or more about SQL or more about SQL Server 2000. The experience has been universally good. It may not be deep (my only downgrade) but it is specific.
I think the author managed to give just enough explanation about relational databases without going too deep. As a data purist, I might argue that more is better on this subject. However, I am responsible for training one group that does the same SQL over and over again, and that makes me aware that not everyone has to reach genius level on data.
Good job!
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent book for SQL Server 2000 Beginner !!!
Comment: THIS IS THE BOOK if you have any previous SQL experience ( i.e. if you worked with MySQL or PostgreSQL ) and want to get SQL Server 2000 skills. Organization of this book is straightforward and very logical. Explanations are great and this book has even exercises at the end of each chapter! ( With answers at the back ). I am more than satisfied with this book.
Rating: 4
Summary: Not for a *complete* beginner, need some DB experience
Comment: Definitely not for the complete beginner. If you have an idea about what a database is and what you want out of your database then this is a great book. My experience with databases is fairly minimal, but I had some experience prior to reading this book because I built a web application that used Access on the back end. I understood database structure and had a context to read the book, so when I would read about something I would think to myself how I could use that information. Without this frame of reference, I would have been lost and this book would have been abysmal.
That said, for me this book was an excellent read. I LOVED this book. I found no significant errors in the book (a small typo here or there). I used it to prepare for the Microsoft class on Desiging and Imlementing a Database Design using SQL Server 2000. I am a network engineer by trade and was afraid that I would be left behind in this class, so I needed to get up to speed quickly. This book provided huge amounts of clear and concise information to me in a very short time, and in the class I was probably the most knowledgeable student (not bad for a network engineer in a room full of DBAs and web programmers). In fact, there were multiple occasions where the information I learned in this book let me answer questions in the class that the instructor could not, and I also pointed out several instances where my instructor was just plain wrong. In summary, if you have some sort of database experience using a different product, this will get you up to speed very quickly on the vast majority of the aspects of SQL Server 2000. I commend the author on his writing style. I would have given it 5 stars if the audience for the book was more clearly defined by the title or the back page.
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Title: Professional SQL Server 2000 Programming by Robert Vieira ISBN: 0764543792 Publisher: Wrox Pub. Date: 15 November, 2000 List Price(USD): $59.99 |
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Title: Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Performance Optimization and Tuning Handbook by Ken England ISBN: 1555582419 Publisher: Digital Press Pub. Date: 15 March, 2001 List Price(USD): $47.95 |
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Title: SQL Server 2000 Programming by Example by Carlos Rojas, Fernando Guerrero ISBN: 0789724499 Publisher: Que Pub. Date: 17 April, 2001 List Price(USD): $39.99 |
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Title: Beginning ASP Databases by Kevin John/Spencer Kauffman, John Kauffman ISBN: 1861002726 Publisher: APress Pub. Date: September, 1999 List Price(USD): $39.99 |
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Title: Sams Teach Yourself Microsoft SQL Server 2000 in 21 Days (2nd Edition, Book Only) by Richard Waymire, Rick Sawtell ISBN: 0672324695 Publisher: SAMS Pub. Date: 07 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $39.99 |
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