Beginning Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Programming (Wrox Programmer to Programmer)
Beginning Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Programming (Wrox Programmer to Programmer) by Robert Vieira
- Binding:
- Paperback
- Number of Pages:
- 720
- ISBN:
- 0470257016
- Product Group:
- book
- Publisher:
- John Wiley & Sons
- Publication Date:
- Jan. 2, 2009
- BooksForGeeks.com ID:
- 3968
Presents an introduction to SQL Server. This title presents an overview of database design basics and the SQL query language along with a look at SQL Server itself. It explains how to implement fundamental concepts with the 2008 version of SQL Server.
Reviews for Beginning Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Programming (Wrox Programmer to Programmer)
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An excellent SQL Server overview
Rated out of 5 stars, July 12th, 2009
I bought this book as a reference for SQL Server, having programmed earlier versions over a number of years. Overall the book is well written, and full of useful information. Occasionally I was not sure what he was getting at, as the style is sometimes a bit too casual and wordy, and I had to 'Google' to find an explanation. The author covers SQL Server from the beginning to the intermediate level, including fairly recent topics such as XML integration. Some of the chapters are almost identical to ones in the author's advanced SQL Server book. He covers fundamental issues such as basic SQL queries, normalisation, indexes, constraints, locks, joins, correlated queries and so on. According to the author he has been working in the field for many years, and the content does appear to be more pragmatic than theoretical. I recommend that you do as I did and buy both this book and the authors advanced SQL Server book from the same publisher.