Microsoft SQL Server 2005 For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech)) by Andrew Watt (PDF)

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Now updated to reflect the much-anticipated “Yukon” release of SQL Server, this friendly guide shows database developers and administrators as well as those who use database application how to get up to speed fastOffers a gentle introduction to relational database design and shows how to build databases, create database applications, and maintain and optimize database performanceCovers the major new features of the “Yukon” release-including analysis services, reporting services, and notification services

User’s Reviews

Editorial Reviews: From the Back Cover Check out enhanced security, Integration Services, Reporting Services, and moreWhat’s new in SQL Server 2005? Plenty, and this guide will help make it all clear! You’ll get the rundown on how to create databases, create queries using the traditional Transact-SQL language, work with the Common Language Runtime, use the new user interface to manage SQL Server 2005, generate business intelligence applications, and more — in plain English.Discover how to:Formulate and run queriesCreate databases, tables, and relationshipsCreate stored procedures and triggersSecure your data and protect it from lossCreate business intelligence applicationsMaintain a SQL Server system About the Author Andrew Watt (Scotland, UK) is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP). He specializes in Microsoft technologies, including the SQL Server database and InfoPath. He is an independent consultant and experienced computer book author. He first used SQL Server in version 7.0. He is using SQL Server 2005 beta in the beta programs since August 2003.

Reviews from Amazon users which were colected at the time this book was published on the website:

⭐Good

⭐It’s OK is the name of a Beach Boys’s song from 1976 and in computer terms, a 9 year old piece of software might as well be 35 years old like the song. I just got it because it was cheap and I wanted to learn about stored procedures. It is still on my shelf as a reference book.

⭐i bought this book to have a few questions answered about issues i was having with my server. it covered them well and addressed what i needed it to. now it’s picking up dust until the next time the damn thing crashes!

⭐good book

⭐I agree with the previous reviewer. This book is not focused and not targeted to an audience. Most of the features are not covered with enough depth and background to make the information useful. The chapter on replication, which is an advanced feature, was pretty good, but the chapters on backup and recovery where poorly explained.

⭐This author often forgets who he is talking to. At one point he describes in painful detail on how to join tables and yet in other places he introduces terminology with no explanation. One chapter is devoted to creating a windows application in VS 2005 to display data and the description is incorrect. Is this a book about SQL Server or Visual Studio? I think the publishers of this book would do well to recall this book and rewrite with a particular audience in mind. Is the book an introduction for newbies or a reference for those coming from some other platform or for programmers looking to familiarize themselves with SQL Server? The fact that this is a dummies book would seem to indicate to me that it should be for newbies. I have always been a fan of the Dummies series of books but this one falls flat on its face.

⭐Bad even for a dummies book. Vital information is missing and makes serious assumptions about the knowledge of the reader. I can’t recommend this.

⭐A good basic intro to SQL Server 2005. Not in depth enough to help with advanced tasks. But a good starter.

⭐if you’re new to sql (any version) i would highly recommend getting this book. I started with this dummies book and in fact have many other versions of dummies books on various topics. It’s great to give you the fundamentals, then you can move onto more enhanced sql books for additional learning.

⭐More dummies, well named.

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