Posted by Erland Sommarskog on 07/15/07 15:46

SQL Menace (denis.gobo@gmail.com) writes:
> You also asked for books here are 3 I recommend
>
> Inside Microsoft SQL Server 2005: T-SQL Querying

In all fairness, this book is not intended for beginners, and it's
quite clear from Ray's posts, that he needs an introductory book on
relational databases. While this books is a good read, it's intended
for persons who already has experience of SQL, with SQL Server or
some other product.

> Pro SQL Server 2005 Database Design and Optimization

This is a better choice, as so far that Louis Davidson covers database
design more than most other SQL books do.

Myself, I cannot recommend any good beginner's books, since it was some
time ago I had reason to read one.


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Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, esquel@sommarskog.se

Books Online for SQL Server 2005 at
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Books Online for SQL Server 2000 at
http://www.microsoft.com/sql/prodinfo/previousversions/books.mspx

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