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Title: SQL Server 7 Developer's Guide by Michael Otey, Paul Conte, Michael Ctey ISBN: 0-07-882548-2 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media Pub. Date: 01 December, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.38 (29 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent resource for the SQL server developer
Comment: As someone new to SQL Server (my company is mainly Oracle), I found this book to be a handy tool. The authors included refreshingly practical explanations and examples for "real-world" enterprise development. Included were extensive details on interfaces, including: OLE DB and ADO; ODBC API (call-level interface); RDO; and VB DAO and ODBCDirect. I found helpful explanations for integrating SQL Server 7 databases with the Web and developing Active Server Pages, which is what I bouhgt the book for.
Of course, this being a book on SQL Server, it is very Microsoft-centric, with examples pointing toward VB and Visual C++, but I expected this.
All in all an excellent resource.
Rating: 5
Summary: The only SQL Server 7.0 Book you need!
Comment: If you only want one book on the subject of developing for SQL Server 7.0, this book is it. What separates this book from others is its ability to successfully transition from a 50,000' overview to the ground level where the job is done. The process of landing high level concepts occurs through resolving timeless issues that confront every professional developer, regardless of the platform. This book takes on the fundamentals of SQL, provides insight on database design techniques and then explains the mechanics of how to link an application with SQL Server. Although there are books available on each of these subjects, the authors present the information with the right blend of brevity & thoroughness.
SQL Server 7.0 has many new features. The authors do a complete job of explaining what the new features are. They have provided insights and tips you need to know when it is time to set up and administrate the database. The book also nicely covers replication, a subject given one page in Soukup's "Inside SQL Server," and ignored in Vaughn's "Hitchhiker's Guide to Visual Basic and SQL Server."
I found this book clearly written and concise, although it is almost one thousand pages. Code samples provided on the CD actually work. This is not a comment on the authors - similar books have burned me too many times whose CDs do not support the text. Like the rest of the book, the code is clear, and insightful. I look forward to future books by these authors.
Rating: 5
Summary: One of the best written SQL Server 7 books I've read
Comment: There are a number of good SQL Server 7 books around, but this is one of the best. The writing is very clear and does a good job of covering the range from basics to more advanced issues. There's lots of well-written VB and T-SQL code to illustrate "best practices". It's one of the few books for developers that doesn't ignore important administrative issues, especially the difficuly security questions.
I would highly recommend this as one of the "standard references" for a SQL Server developer.
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Title: SQL Server 7 Essential Reference by Sharon Dooley ISBN: 0735708649 Publisher: Que Pub. Date: 06 July, 2000 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 Performance Tuning Technical Reference by Marcilin Steve Adrien Deluca ISBN: 0735609098 Publisher: Microsoft Press Pub. Date: 23 March, 2000 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
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Title: SQL Server 7: A Beginner's Guide by Dusan Petkovic, Dusan Petkovic ISBN: 0072118911 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media Pub. Date: 01 December, 1998 List Price(USD): $39.99 |
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Title: Special Edition Using Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 by Stephen Wynkoop ISBN: 0789715236 Publisher: Que Pub. Date: 22 January, 1999 List Price(USD): $39.99 |
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Title: SQL Server 7 Administration by Mark A. Linsenbardt, M. Shane Stigler, Shane Stigler ISBN: 0072121475 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media Pub. Date: 24 August, 1999 List Price(USD): $44.99 |
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