Book by the Authors of this Site

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Book by the Authors of this Site

bellis

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January 22, 2004 at 7:19 am

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Didn't the authors of this site put out a book, something like "Best of SQL Server Central.com"? Does anyone know? Also, what other books would be recommended for SQL Server 2000?
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Frank Kalis SSC Guru Points: 111183 More actions · Answer 1

http://www.sqlservercentral.com/bestof/

Meanwhile I have come to the conclusion, that the only book that's entirely worth reading is Inside SQL Server 2000 by Kalen Delaney. But that's just me.

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Andy Warren SSC Guru Points: 119902 More actions · Answer 2

That aint right!

I do agree that her book is worth having.

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Frank Kalis SSC Guru Points: 111183 More actions · Answer 3

It's all relative

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bellis SSCarpal Tunnel Points: 4667 More actions · Answer 4

I did find the book by this site "The Best of SQLServerCentral.com 2002". In addition to this book, I'm also considering books from the following list. Can you recommend 2-3 books over all others from this list (I do have a personal budget to maintain). Here's the list, in order of what I will probably buy unless strongly persuaded otherwise... I'm really up in the air with #3 vs #4. Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated!!!

1. Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Administrator's Pocket Consultant (Microsoft Press)

2. The Guru's Guide to Transact-SQL (Ken Henderson)

3. SQL Server 2000 Web Application Developer's Guide (Craig Utley)

4. SQL Server 2000: The Complete Reference (Jeffrey Shapiro)

5. SQL Server DTS (Jim Samuelson, M Santos, S Miller, S Hughes, B Sullivan)

6. Professional SQL Server 2000 DTS (Brian Knight, Todd Robinson)

7. Professional SQL Server 2000 Programming (Robert Vieira)

8. SQL: The Complete Reference, 2nd Ed. (J R Groff, P N Weinberg, L Wald)

9. Microsoft SQL Server 2000 DTS Step by Step (Microsoft Press)

10. Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Resource Kit (Microsoft Press)

Andy Warren SSC Guru Points: 119902 More actions · Answer 5

#2 definitely, hard not to vote for #6, #7 is good. I'd look for these used, might save enough to get a couple extra.

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Frank Kalis SSC Guru Points: 111183 More actions · Answer 6

Maybe I should explain myself a bit.

Sure, #2 on your list is kind of reference for T-SQL. Most chapters are very interesting, but some are not...

Actually, I'm waiting on Advanced Transact-SQL for SQL Server 2000 by Ben-Gan, Moreau. Curious what there is to come.

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bellis SSCarpal Tunnel Points: 4667 More actions · Answer 7

To jump-start my SQL Server 2000 library, I have just purchased #1 thru #4 & #6 all online (some new, some used) for a grand total of about $85. Not too bad. #2 was $35 of that total.

My next planned purchase is the book from this site. I figure that since I enjoy this site so much, I might as well support it by purchasing the book. This site is great!!!

Thanks for all the input.

Steve Jones - SSC Editor SSC Guru Points: 738663 More actions · Answer 8

Both the Guru's Guide (Henderson) and Advanced TSQL by Ban Gan are good books. Kalen's Inside SQL Server is a must as well. For practical stuff, Brian Knight's SS2K for Experienced DBAs is nice. I use that one.