This comprehensive guide, written by Microsoft insider and SQL guru Ron Soukup, provides an authoritative conceptual and architectural overview and advice on installation, administration, and programming with SQL and Transact-SQL. Soukup also provides examples and candid answers to frequently asked questions gleaned from his years of service as general manager of the SQL Server development group at Microsoft. This book is for MIS professionals in large companies, vertical applications developers, custom solution providers, and anyone else working with mid-level to high-end relational databases.
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I read the book carefully and found the topics of SQL Server Architecture and Locking to be very important. Especially, the book has covered architecture part in great details, which no other books mentions about. I look forward to Ron Soukup's next book (may be Inside SQL Server 7.0)
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This book was awesome. It takes a very very deep and granular look at SQL server. I just got a job as a SQL DBA and I wanted to know everything there was about SQL server. For three months I read this book on the bus to and from work, and now, when an issue comes up at work, i am AMAZED by how much I know. He also really prepares you with the transition to SQL 7, hinting at possible new features as he goes along. If you had only read this book, you would know more about SQL 7 than you think!
Only 2 negative comments: Very pro-microsoft and anti-competition. Oracle has GOT to do some things better than SQL Server, but you would never know that by reading this book. Also, this book is NOT A REFERENCE book. It is a story about SQL Server, and if you get to the end, you will be a kick-butt DBA.
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I used this book to study for the MCSD exam 70-127: Implementing a Database Design with SQL Server 6.5.
This book is excellent! It touches on EVERY aspect of SQL Server 6.5 that you want to know about, and is written in a very readable format. This is very important when the subject matter is technical. Let's face it - no-one relishes this stuff, so when a book such as this is written in a manner which MAKES you want to read on, that's a great thing!
Well done Mr Soukup.
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Format:Paperback
This is a must-have for any *serious* SQL 6.5 DBA or developer. It is not the only book you must have, it does NOT explain how to use SQL Server (hence the bad review given by someone who had never used it). It explains, very clearly, how it works, and what happens under the bonnet. Reading it really gave me a very clear understanding of what goes on, which means I can use it better, more efficeintly etc. There is a great section on Query optimisation, which I've just started, but so far so good.
If you want to learn how to use SQL Server, get Wynkoop's "Using SQL Server 6.5 Special Edition", if you've got that or similar, and want to know more, get this one.
By A Customer
Format:Paperback
Only by really understanding how a sophisticated piece of software works can you get the most from it as a developer. This book provides so much information, you could almost use it write SQL Server for yourself! Ron Soukup also shows that technical literature does have room for personal comment and amusing anecdotes.
Well done Ron, I eagerly await 'Inside SQL Server 7.0'
By A Customer
Format:Paperback
This book was very helpful for preping for the test, as was the MS training books I also bought. The difference was that Soukup's book was interesting to read.
By A Customer
Format:Paperback
I had a lot of expectations for this book when I ordered it, and it has fulfilled those expectations. An excellent book no matter where you are in your experience with SQL. It has excellent tips, background material, and technical examples. I highly recommend this book.
By A Customer
Format:Paperback
If you are new to SQL server or TSQL, you should buy a TSQL reference or "teach yourself" type of book rather than this book. After you finish learning TSQL, then BUY THIS BOOK and STUDY EVERY PAGE. When I first started learning SQL this book was too advanced for me. But after getting a grip on SQL syntax, you will realize that this book is truly the BIBLE. I have bought 4 SQL books (plus I have all of the books on line) - and whenever I can't find an answer in all of those other books I know that it will be in Soukup's. And it always is.
This is not a "how to install" SQL server book - as some seem to have mistaken it for.
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Tutorial yes...reference no
So you want to learn SQL? Get the book. Do the lessons.
It's got plenty of background, insight, brainteasers..blah blah blah. Read more
Published on 10 Dec 1998
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Absolutely the Best. Well Written.
It is not often I give 5 stars (except when I eat Chinese food). I learned more about SQL Server from this single book than any other source. Concise and clear explainations. Read more
Published on 6 Dec 1998
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THE SQL 6.5 BIBLE
I am still relatively new to SQL Server 6.5, but this book blew the top of my head off. In my opinion this is the best development book I have ever read on any subject. Read more
Published on 3 Dec 1998
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Fantastic. Must buy for serious database professional.
This book MUST be on the shelf of anyone seriously using SQL Server. It has information not found anywhere else, and the author immediately establishes his credibility. Read more
Published on 16 Oct 1998
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Great. Bread and butter.
We have to admire people like Ron Soukup. He knows what he is talking about and he his very practical. Read more
Published on 9 Oct 1998
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