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Summary: Damn Good
Review: This book is highly recommended for all DBAs and database developers and mostly for certification aspirants
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Summary: Becoming a SQL7 master
Review: This book is really invaluable, it has lots of information, on every aspect of SQL7, it covers from the basic things to OLAP, English query and replication, also has an entire chapter on relational tables design (normalization, etc).The book is very helpfull if you are a SQL7 developer, let's say for a beginner or intermediate user. It wil give you very detailed and technical info, but be carefull, this book isn't a reference of commands, of course it shows how to use the most common commands, but doesn't have a T-SQL reference section (why not Rob?), so you'll need to have at hand the SQL "Books Online" for this job. Also doesn't covers things to make it for advanced programmers (extended stored procedures for example), but it is plenty of tips and tricks and the explanations are very good. For a beginner is excellent, because it will show you how SQL7 works from the back, you'll learn how SQL7 structures the data an such things to make you a great SQL7 programmer.
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Summary: Fantastic SQL Book
Review: This book is somewhat of a rarity to me. Many of the other SQL books are, as you can well imagine, very boring. Rob Vieira does a great job making this book flow from subject to subject in such a way that it's almost a page turner. If you have any interest in SQL design (or admin), I'm sure you will find yourself reading this book much longer than originally intended. It is an excellent job. Rob Vieira obviously has real world experience with SQL Server, and it shows between the covers of SQL Server 7 Programming. I'd suggest you read the book from cover to cover, all along the way picking up little tips and suggestions, remembering what you may have forgotten, and learning a whole lot of new tips and tricks that you never knew (or at least I didn't know about). The book's title doesn't fairly represent the content in my opinion. This book covers almost everything about SQL 7 Server, from T-SQL basics through OLAP, tuning, replication (a great chapter), etc. If there is a "bible" for SQL 7 Server, this book is it.
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Summary: THIS BOOK SHOULD GET 8 STARS!
Review: This book is THE book when you want to learn SQL Serever 7 Databases. I passed the SQL Server 7.0 Database Design and Implementation exam 70-029 by studying this book! Its VERY clearly written. Anyone who has a concept of what SQL Server does and is, can master it by using this book. And guess what?, it has enough gun powder regarding SQL Server 7.0 to help you actually pass the 70-028 Admin exam as well! Last but not least, it is THE perfect companion for the DBA. I think many managers around the globe will be able to sleep at night if DBA's start using this wonderful book. I had a few problems with some topics...guess what..i e-mailed Mr. Robert Viera asking him to explain those topics. He replied within half a day!....its amazing! A man of such wisdom actually HAS time for his readers....and not only that he sent me a detailed e-mail of several paragraphs! Which i personally think is very impressive. Anyway....what i had to say, said it....now its up to you the reader of this review to either remain in the dark or excel in the glittery world of SQL Server 7.0. I REALLY Recommend this BOOK!
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Summary: Best book on SQL Server Ever!
Review: This is a fantastic book. Robert Vieria is a hero. The book has helped me in my work, helped me pass my MCP and very often also made me laugh out loud..... A programming book with a sense of humor.....
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Summary: The best SQL Server 7.0 Development Book on the Market
Review: This is absolutely the best SQL Server 7.0 development book on the market. I had done a reasonable amount of SQL Server 6.x development in the past, but then spent almost two years working on other things. When a client asked me to do a 7.0 project I went rushing out for a book to get me back up to speed. I bought this one based on the previous reviews and it was some of the best money I've ever spent on a programming book. Robert is obviously a professional SQL Server programmer who clearly understands exactly what's important and what's not. He's also an excellent writer, which makes the book a very enjoyable read. This book is not for beginners or academics, but for working programmers. Robert wastes no time on unnecessary introductory-level material or obscure technical details that you're unlikely to ever need. He gets right to the point and stays there. I'd usually indicate which parts of a book I thought were particularly noteworthy, but after flipping back through the chapters I have to say this book is just uniformly excellent. My only complaint, which unfortunately applies to almost every programming book I've bought over the past few years, is that the book contained numerous minor typographical errors. This was a failure on the part of the editors, however, and none of the typos interfered with the technical quality of the material.
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Summary: Classic SQL tips, reference, and understanding
Review: Written from an SQL database expert who's ever endeavor in trying to squeeze every once of performance or milliseconds in every piece of his code. What I like best is his writing style in providing clear explainations on many complex topics which makes the book very informative and easy to read. From a professional level reader, you may find many topics that you already know about, but there will be many topics which you will find the author explained them so throughly that in the end you have yourself saying, "Oooh, so that how it is". He..he..he..
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