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Summary: The Best SQL Programming Book
Review: I looked at many, many SQL programming books but this is the one I always turn to when I have a programming question. It is very informative and, hands down, the best out there.Technical books are usually very dry, but this one explains programming concepts well with excellent examples that are easy to follow and implement into a T-SQL program. This book has most definately made me a much better programmer. I started off barely able to write a decent and effective SELECT statement and now I feel like I can do anything with this book and the Microsoft SQL Help File. This book does not cover database design or administration, so if you don't know anything about databases then you might want to start with a beginner's book and then move up to this book later on. No doubt, this is a very highly recommended book.
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Summary: Great book
Review: This is exactly what I was looking for. Its a no-nonsense guide to Sql Svr. You learn the DBMS by learning it's language from start to end. Its a great book that every Sql Svr Dba shoudl have.
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Summary: Simply the best
Review: Everything you could ask for in a Sql book: all kinds of secrets and best practices, performance tips, etc. By far the best book of it's kind.
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Summary: My kind of book
Review: I didn't know what to expect with this one but was pleasantly surprised. Very indepth material. The undocumented stuff is probably my favorite. Covers everything about t-SQL from A-Z. Highly recommended.
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Summary: If you want to bypass certain limitations of MS-SQL 2000
Review: I certainly like the way its written. You're definitely learning a lot, by buying this book and reading it. A lot of tricks are given to bypass certain limitations of MS-SQL. It definitely shows you how to produce professionnel code( spoc that helps you comments your spoc). I'm actually not a wiz in T-SQL, so i was expecting more concept on how to write good code. I thought the section on .Net was taking to many precious pages of this book. I'm still happy that i bought this book. My skill weren't ready for this type of information.
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Summary: Indespensible and simply the best technical book ever!
Review: If you find yourself writing T-Sql code this book is an absolute gold mine! Unlike most other books that are dry and extremely difficult to read and full of pages and pages of useless examples and screen shots this book is full of techniques and advices that one would use everyday! I read this book cover to cover and find myself going back to it time and time again. Great book, Great author! I am anxiously awaiting the Guru's Guide to Sql Server Architecture.
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Summary: Good companion to BOL
Review: The SQL Server Books On Line should be the first place you turn for guidance; this book will become your second during the early days of using SQL Server. There's good coverage of the particularities of using SQL Server if you are coming from another dbms product, so this is good to have around for transitioning to SQL Server - it's not a beginner's book and assumes you are already familar with databases and sql. If you want to know more in-depth information about SQL Server then look at Inside SQL Server.
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Summary: Ken's doen a great job.
Review: His style has convinced me to go ahead and understand the T-SQL. I mean coming from a Oracle background and switching to MSSQL was a rather confusing one. Too many GUI's. But having found the usefulness of the query analyser and also to use the procedural code for some routine tasks. I'm a down a few chapeters and already like his style of writing.
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Summary: Par excellence
Review: I met the author recently at TechEd-Dallas and was stunned by his generousity. First, he answered some questions I had about Notification Services and got me going down the right path. Because of his graciousness, we were able to get our new Notification Services application into production the very next week! Second, he was kind enough to inscribe my copy of this book. Though weather-worn and war-torn, he was happy to sign it for me and wrote me some words of encouragement that I'll always treasure. You see, I'd just left a horrid job situation and started a new job when I bought this book. I told Mr. Henderson about this, and he listened patiently as I explained how much his book had meant to me as I tried to get my feet under me quickly with MS SQL. I told him it felt like I had him right there with me helping me master the language. I told him that his book had proved more valuable to me than any other MS SQL book (in fact, *any* book, period) as I made this transition. When he signed my book, he wrote that it made all the hard work and long nights worthwhile when he heard stories like mine and to keep my chin up because some employers just don't realize how lucky they are to have their best people, but that the best people tend to succeed anyway. It was simply wonderful to find someone who not only knows the technology inside-out and writes an excellent book, but who also truly cares for his readers. For that I will always be thankful. Mr. Henderson, you are the definition of "excellence." Please keep up the great work!
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Summary: Thank you, thank you, thank you
Review: Finally someone has done it. Someone has written a book that takes the t-sql language seriously. It's so refreshing to see someone take a perspective that everyone else seems to have missed. The book starts by treating the language as a real language worth exploring in detail. Then it moves on to show one powerful technique after another - techniques that I haven't seen in any other book. Henderson is a great writer, and this book shows him really flexing. This is the most useful SQL Server book I've ever purchased, bar none (and I have them all). Definitely a must-have if you're serious about SQL Server.
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