Technical SQL server books
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I likely should be posing this in the technical help forum, but since it wasn't technical and more of opinion, thought I'd start here. If am in the wrong spot, I'll wonder over there. Query; for creation and administration of databases and Manipulation of SQL query strings. I have a friend that's asking, I myself learned on my own and help files, but he's asking about published sources. Any book(s) that you guys recomend?
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I likely should be posing this in the technical help forum, but since it wasn't technical and more of opinion, thought I'd start here. If am in the wrong spot, I'll wonder over there. Query; for creation and administration of databases and Manipulation of SQL query strings. I have a friend that's asking, I myself learned on my own and help files, but he's asking about published sources. Any book(s) that you guys recomend?
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NightJammer wrote:
Query; for creation and administration of databases
Depends on the database. The question is too broad to answer without that piece of vital information.
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NightJammer wrote:
Query; for creation and administration of databases
Depends on the database. The question is too broad to answer without that piece of vital information.
Forgive your enemies - it messes with their heads
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point taken. basically learning material. he's worked with access dba, that's about it. He just wants to setup tables, query and such, understand any coding. etc. I was just checking to see if there was any material they used that they would recommend in books.
///////////////// -I’m a DHCP server at a local restaurant. This chick came up and asked me for my address, and I told her she was out of my scope -Why do Java Programmers wear glasses? Because they don’t C#
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I likely should be posing this in the technical help forum, but since it wasn't technical and more of opinion, thought I'd start here. If am in the wrong spot, I'll wonder over there. Query; for creation and administration of databases and Manipulation of SQL query strings. I have a friend that's asking, I myself learned on my own and help files, but he's asking about published sources. Any book(s) that you guys recomend?
///////////////// -I’m a DHCP server at a local restaurant. This chick came up and asked me for my address, and I told her she was out of my scope -Why do Java Programmers wear glasses? Because they don’t C#
Few books you (or your friend) could consider: - Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Management and Administration[^] - Microsoft® SQL Server® 2008 T-SQL Fundamentals[^]
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I likely should be posing this in the technical help forum, but since it wasn't technical and more of opinion, thought I'd start here. If am in the wrong spot, I'll wonder over there. Query; for creation and administration of databases and Manipulation of SQL query strings. I have a friend that's asking, I myself learned on my own and help files, but he's asking about published sources. Any book(s) that you guys recomend?
///////////////// -I’m a DHCP server at a local restaurant. This chick came up and asked me for my address, and I told her she was out of my scope -Why do Java Programmers wear glasses? Because they don’t C#
I think this is very much a taste thing. Lots of books are great for one person and lousy for another. The Handbook for Reluctant Database Administrators by Josef Finsel DBA Survivor: Become a Rock Star DBA by Thomas LaRock (more about the having the job and succeeding). Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Administration for Oracle DBAs by Mark Anderson, James Fox and Christian Bolton You might well ask why the last one. My feeling on books that are designed for crossover people is that they often show a lot of details that are missed by people who are immersed in the technology. This book is great even if you aren't an Oracle DBA because it tells you a lot of very gritty details. The author communicates in a context outside of the realm he's discussing and sometimes that clarifies things. Anyway, your friend might be over his head with this list of books but he can figure that out for himself. Another approach is to get the certification books. Another approach is to just read the help files that come with SQL Server. For learning sql; I send people to these three books, in order sql for dummies sql from the ground up sql for smarties (by Joe Celko) For most getting the first two is enough. For someone used to databases the second might be enough without the first.
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