Which book to buy for 100$
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Hi there,
- Suppose you have, all of a sudden, 100$ to spent
.- Suppose you are about to buy a book on DBMS and/or SQL Server
- Suppose I already own Inside SQL Server 2000
what would you buy?
Cheers,
Frank
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I'd say a good TSQL book or two. Ken Henderson has one (Guru's guide?), as does Ben-Gan (Apress). Or one of Joe Celko's books. If you dabble, maybe an ADO book by Bill Vaughn.
Of course you might want to save $20 of that suddenly available $100 to get a copy of The Best of SQLServer 2002 (so close but not quite available, supposed to be delivered to my door tomorrow).
Andy
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I would use this site and google and use the money for friday night.
I bought a couple books (Because the company paid) and most are ok.
Problem I have with books is there are "dead" parts where you already know stuff.
It's for this reason that I prefer the net...
Cheers,
Crispin
Something as incredibly simple as
binary still gives you too many options
Cheers,CrispinI can't die, there are too many people who still have to meet me!It's not a bug, SQL just misunderstood me!
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There are a lot of good books out there but to maximize what you can get I would do the following. Find a couple of used book stores and go check each out in the Computer sections, most books even fairly new used books range on average from $3 to $16 but this is a hit an miss deal since there is no guarantee someone has dropped any in. Dig around EBay, again you can get items fairly inexpensive. FInally, check out the big book warehouses such as Books-A-Million, Borders, Barnes And Nobels, and the smaller mall or outlet ones for great savings on slightly older books that just aren't selling fast enough to their liking (many are usually in depth and are overlooked because they are not starter books).
Other than that here, usenet (see Celko hang out there still) and various other sites around the net.
Also check out the lineup of books on http://www.informit.com the site used to be totally free but there seems to be a good deal of free sections to make it worht looking at. The book sections is free for 14 days then it is 14.95 a month but a quick look can help you decide, employeer may even be willing to pay for it.
And by the way Ken's Guru Guides are out there.
Edited by - antares686 on 09/04/2003 06:07:46 AM
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1. Of course, minus 20$ for the SSC book. Finally, it seems to be available
2. I'm struggling with buying a book by Joe Celko. He is certainly an authority on DBMS and SQL, but I found some things to be less well researched. Hm..
3. This advice could only come from you, Crappy. Nice to see you back online!
4. I looked on eBay and Google. What I have seen there is not much cheaper than buying a new one
5. I have never bought a book in the US myself. I don't know if there are any restrictions on it
6. Antares, do you mean 'real' stores or online shops. I think I need some extra money to go shopping in real stores in the US
Can anyone recommended a book
...for the mere mortals...
Sorry, can't remember the correct name
Cheers,
Frank
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If you want a good book covering Analysis Services, take a look at "SQL Server Developer's Guide to OLAP with Analysis Services" from Sybex (2001). The book covers a lot of territory that most other SQL Server books shy away from. It's a good read if you want to start creating OLAP cubes and using the Excel PivotTable service or building an application based on Analysis Services or English Query. Around $40 US dollars I believe.
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If you want a good book covering Analysis Services, take a look at "SQL Server Developer's Guide to OLAP with Analysis Services" from Sybex (2001). The book covers a lot of territory that most other SQL Server books shy away from. It's a good read if you want to start creating OLAP cubes and using the Excel PivotTable service or building an application based on Analysis Services or English Query. Around $40 US dollars I believe.I must confess, I fairly new to Analysis Services. I do not use it at work and installed it this weekend at home just to play around with it and become familiar with it.
Frank
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6. Antares, do you mean 'real' stores or online shops. I think I need some extra money to go shopping in real stores in the USOops, my bad I forget sometimes those places aren't everywhere like McDonalds, COke and Krispy Kreme.
I think InformIT might offer you a good solution (at least the trial will be good to get an idea of books to look at).
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McDonalds, COke and Krispy Kreme.
well, two out of three isn't bad at all.
What is Krispy Kreme?
Frank
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Doughnuts, ummm, lovely doughnuts.
They recently announced a strong presence overseas, so keep your eyes open and look for a "Hot Now" sign near you.
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Krispy Kreme is amazing, especially when hot! They melt in your mouth.
AFA the books, The Guru's Guide by Ken Henderon is agood read as is Ben-Gan's Advanced TSQL.
For admins, I like Brian Knight's SQL Server 2000 for Experienced DBAs. SQL Server Security Distilled is nice for that topic.
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The Guru's Guide is open on my desk at this moment - so I recommend it. Always good to see how someone else solves those problems.
I believe in books so I have a collection here, Frank. Come on by and I'll let you read some. The problem, already alluded to, is that the books have dead space - sections that you already know and will never read. I have, long ago, decided that I would spend the money for a book if it had several good chapters on something I kind of, or don't, know.
Since I work as a App DBA most of the time, I found Ken England's Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Performance and Optimization Tuning Handbook a very good source of information. Most of what I do is optimize the queries the developers hand to me. This book has lots of information about how SQL Server creates an execution plan.
I hope this helps
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I've gotten a lot of use out of Ken Henderson's The Guru's Guide to Transact-SQL. What I really like about it is he documents a bunch of 'Undocumented' functions and stored procedures.
The Preface starts "This is a coder's book. It's intended to help developers build applications that make use of Transact-SQL. It's not about database administration or design. It's not about end-user or GUI application development. It's not even about server or database performance tuning. It's about developing the best Transact-SQL code possible, regardless of the application."
The book is US$49.95 ($74.95 Canada). The ISBN is 0-201-61576-2.
Another 'book' I have that has been helpful is an e-book written by K. Brian Kelly. It's the Start to Finish Guide to SQL Server Performance Monitoring. You can find out more about the book here at SQLServerCentral. Go to Community, Columnists, and find Brian Kelly listed.
-SQLBill
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Dear Frank,
I've worn the pages out on this book:
Inside Microsoft SQL Server 2000 by Kalen Delaney, Microsoft Programming Series, ISBN 0-7356-0998-5
All the best,
Dale
All the best,
DaleAuthor: An Introduction to SQL Server 2005 Management Studio
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Oops, Frank,
Did I refer the same book?
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- Suppose I already own Inside SQL Server 2000Sorry about that.
All the best,
Dale
All the best,
DaleAuthor: An Introduction to SQL Server 2005 Management Studio
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