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Title: The Guru's Guide to SQL Server Architecture and Internals by Ken Henderson ISBN: 0-201-70047-6 Publisher: Addison-Wesley Pub Co Pub. Date: 24 October, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $54.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.47 (70 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: The most comprehensive book on Sql Server available
Comment: You might be intimidated by the size of this book. At over 1000 pages it might seem a little much but every page is well worth it. I recommend you read the book in sequence and work through all the exercises. Not only will you come away a better Sql Server admin or developer but you will also come a away a better software engineer.
I learned several things from this book: 1) that Sql Server makes use of numerous advanced Windows services and how it uses them 2) that the query optimizer is smart but not psychic - it needs a little help now and then to render good query plans 3) that Sql Server comes with such a wide variety of things in the box that it pays to research them before building or designed new software 4) that merge replication isn't the only type of bi-directional replication 5) that DTS is as powerful a data import-export facility as many third-party products, 6) and many others.
Now for the negative: I wish high availability topics were covered. It seems like a natural area for this book and I was disappointed that it wasn't covered. Having said that the book is long enough as it is. I'll hold out hope that the next edition will have coverage of this aspect of using Sql Server.
I also wish there was more about how Sql Server stores data in this book. I realize Inside Sql Server covers this, but if this book had that information, I wouldn't need Inside Sql at all. Again, the book is long enough as it is, but I was surpised that it wasn't covered.
Although the topics covered by a book like this is never enough, it is easily the most comprehensive book on Sql Server available and belongs in your library if you are serious about Sql Server.
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent Reference
Comment: Don't let the 1000 pages deter you. Some of the chapters are likely to be considered too in-depth, but the book is loaded with so much info that you're sure to find something that makes it a worthwhile purchase. The material is presented well and the kiddy stuff is skipped so you're not wasting time flipping through material you've known for the last few years. I like the inclusion of the MS Debugger. The examples in the book have given me an introduction to it, and in time I expect that it will come in handy. In my years of reading SQL Server books, few have been as comprehensive as this one. It goes somewhat beyond Inside SQL Server, though I have not purchased that book since SQL 7. This is the type of book from which certification questions should be derived. It describes the nuances in using SQL Server and I've enjoyed reading several chapters of this book highlighting along the way. I consider it a better reference than SQL Server 2000 Resource Kit, and my only complaint is that it doesn't include other important subject areas such as security and hacking. Those areas are addressed in other references like SQL Server Security by Andrews, Litchfield, and Grindlay which I've got ready to read as soon as time permits.
Rating: 1
Summary: Last in series with publisher, pushed out flavor
Comment: It is written that this book is the product of procrastination. The last in the AW contract with this author, and it shows. The books appears to have been thrown together with a hodge podge of topics that have NOTHING to do with each other. The win32 coverage is not only way late and old hat, but the rest of the book has novice material written all over it. Topics drawn from bol and visual studio, you will learn nothing about using SQL in the enterprise. No mention of any of the MOST important aspects of sql today. No mention of security. This is a major missing portion especially when the code on the CD is very questionable on it's ability to NOT mess with your production system's security. No cube processing which is a demand of ALL customers in 2004. I've worked with shops as small as 5 staffed IT depts that are being forced in to doing OLAP due to demand. The trend is everywhere. This book is so far behind where the world is in regards to SQL server.
No .NET
No enterprise remoting discussion
No OLAP
No visuals at all. Give a feeling of walking in the dark.
No material that is not laced with old school ideas and thoughts
No explanation of what any stored proc is used for nor how it could tie into an enterprise object. That is because there is not tie in.
This list could go on and on.
This book, even with the piles of votes and childlike reviews of the junior high mentality, has no place on the desk of any current professional. None of our team nor any of our partners will use it due to the lack of any real worth.
Maybe most importantly is there is NO reference material. There are short essays where the author shows off his admitted love of prose where we'd have loved some reference pages, but it would have been too little too late anyway as far as we're concerned. Very beginner material with no repeat value. You won't ever go back to it.
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Title: The Guru's Guide to SQL Server Stored Procedures, XML, and HTML (With CD-ROM) by Ken Henderson ISBN: 0201700468 Publisher: Addison-Wesley Pub Co Pub. Date: 27 December, 2001 List Price(USD): $54.99 |
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Title: The Guru's Guide to Transact-SQL by Ken Henderson ISBN: 0201615762 Publisher: Addison-Wesley Pub Co Pub. Date: 23 February, 2000 List Price(USD): $54.99 |
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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: Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Performance Tuning Technical Reference by Edward Whalen, Marcilina Garcia ISBN: 0735612706 Publisher: Microsoft Press Pub. Date: 03 August, 2001 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
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Title: SQL Server Security by David Litchfield ISBN: 0072225157 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media Pub. Date: 27 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
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