SQl Server Books

Boris Machlas

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Sep 27, 2005, 8:19:00 AM9/27/05

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I am new to SQL Server and need to know which are the best SQL server
books
I know SQL I just need books that deal with SQL Server T_SQL

Thanks

SQL

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Sep 27, 2005, 8:29:06 AM9/27/05

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Here is a list of 4 books that I like
The first 2 deal with SQL only while the last 2 have a lot about
administration/internals also

The Guru's Guide to Transact-SQL
by Ken Henderson
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0201615762/sql08-20/102-1927318-6567355?%5Fencoding=UTF8&camp=1789&link%5Fcode=xm2

Professional SQL Server 2000 Programming
by Robert Vieira
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0764543792/sql08-20/102-1927318-6567355?%5Fencoding=UTF8&camp=1789&link%5Fcode=xm2

Inside Microsoft SQL Server 2000
by Kalen Delaney
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0735609985/sql08-20/102-1927318-6567355?%5Fencoding=UTF8&camp=1789&link%5Fcode=xm2

Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Unleashed (2nd Edition)
by Ray Rankins, Paul Jensen, Paul Bertucci
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0672324679/sql08-20/102-1927318-6567355?%5Fencoding=UTF8&camp=1789&link%5Fcode=xm2

SQL

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Sep 27, 2005, 8:40:02 AM9/27/05

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I forgot one
This is the second book by Ken Henderson, he goes a little bit deeper into
SQL and undocumented features, there are some really good scripts in this book

The Guru's Guide to SQL Server Stored Procedures, XML, and HTML
by Ken Henderson

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0201700468/sql08-20/002-7623464-6952032?%5Fencoding=UTF8&camp=1789&link%5Fcode=xm2

http://sqlservercode.blogspot.com/

Tom Moreau

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Sep 27, 2005, 8:53:28 AM9/27/05

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Tom

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SQL Server MVP
Columnist, SQL Server Professional
Toronto, ON Canada
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Alan Samet

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Sep 27, 2005, 1:34:16 PM9/27/05

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I'll agree with those as well. I always recommend Rob Vieira's book to
those new to SQL Server. While I don't agree with everything in the
book, it's a fun read. Rob did a great job writing an entertaining and
informative book. What good is a technical book if you can't sit with
it long enough to read it?

-Alan

Jerry Spivey

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Sep 27, 2005, 1:43:47 PM9/27/05

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Boris,

SQL's list is pretty much THE list. I'll add one more as a posibility that
I liked in addition to the others:

Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Bible
by Paul Nielsen
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0764549359/104-1402957-0255132?v=glance

HTH

Jerry
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Raymond D'Anjou

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Sep 27, 2005, 2:00:08 PM9/27/05

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> Boris,
>
> SQL's list is pretty much THE list. I'll add one more as a posibility
> that I liked in addition to the others:
>
> Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Bible

I beleive that we should separate Church and SQL. ;-)