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Title: Unlocking OLAP With SQL Server 7 and Excel 2000 by Wayne S. Freeze, Wayne Freeze ISBN: 0-7645-4587-6 Publisher: Hungry Minds Pub. Date: 15 May, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.8 (5 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Nice book
Comment: When I first got this book, I was thrilled with it. After all, opening up OLAP with Excel 2000 is a pretty neat trick. Now, I have seen how bad this idea can be for Internet applications, and the honeymoon is over.
Don't get me wrong, this is not a bad book. Just because I do not find the book useful for the types of applications I work with does not make it bad. The three stars signifies that it is average, which is exactly what this book is.
In this plus column, this book gives you a nice introduction to OLAP. While not technical deep, the chapters on setting up your cubes will take you a long way into the world of OLAP. If you are interested in using Excel as your reporting front-end, you will find plenty of screenshots to help you through every step in the process.
On the downside, the book seems to rely a lot on screenshots and some of the written material is a bit thin. Understanding the purpose of the book, the thin parts are not so glaring.
Of course, the material is a bit old now, considering that both Excel and SQL Server have moved on to the next version. However, if you plan on using OLAP in SQL Server 7, consider putting this book on your wish list, as it has a lot of good content. I say this esp. if you have not worked with OLAP before.
Rating: 3
Summary: Too basic.
Comment: This is definately a beginner book, and as a beginner book it probably deserves 5 stars. This book touches on many database topics, MS SQL server setup from scratch, ODBC connection with Windows, Windows security, structuring your data in the database, basic SQL syntax, etc.
Unfortuneately, I was expecting more on OLAP and less about MS SQL server. The information specific to MS Excel and OLAP could be a simple 20 page read from the Excel 2000 help manuals or technet.
As a beginner book, this is excellent because it gives you step-by-step instructions to set up the examples; however, if you are looking for more detailed analysis or understanding of OLAP, you may want to find a different, more advance book.
Rating: 4
Summary: OLAP Jack
Comment: Hi, I am Irish. Unlike our friend from the 38th parallel, I can write in English very easily and I'm quite adept at that thar American lingo as well. Therefore, I read this book in a week during me mornin' Guiness at the pub and it gave me the review on OLAP I was looking for. This is definitely a book for beginners and advanced developers as well and quite surprisingly me British bloks were able to read it in two weeks so it must be written well.
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Title: The Rational Guide to: SQL Server Reporting Services by Anthony T. Mann ISBN: 0972688897 Publisher: Rational Press Pub. Date: 01 January, 2004 List Price(USD): $9.99 |
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Title: Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services (Database) by Brian Larson ISBN: 0072232161 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media Pub. Date: 24 May, 2004 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
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Title: Professional SQL Server Reporting Services by Paul Turley, Todd Bryant, James Counihan, George McKee, Dave DuVarney ISBN: 0764568787 Publisher: Wrox Pub. Date: 26 April, 2004 List Price(USD): $39.99 |
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Title: Fast Track to MDX by Mark Whitehorn, Mosha Pasumansky, Robert Zare ISBN: 1852336811 Publisher: Springer Verlag Pub. Date: 15 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $49.95 |
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Title: XML in Office 2003: Information Sharing with Desktop XML by Charles F. Goldfarb, Priscilla Walmsley ISBN: 013142193X Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR Pub. Date: 29 December, 2003 List Price(USD): $39.99 |
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