Advanced Transact-SQL for SQL Server 2000

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Summary: Complete waste of my time
Review: The book is horrible. From the first page to the last, there's no end to the nonsense. Who cares about Itzik's martial arts instructor? Who cares about whether he met someone with the same name? And the examples...sheesh! Most are either too simple to be really useful (lots of fantasy world scenarios) or get off into things no one cares about. The book was a complete waste of money and I'm returning it!

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Summary: Not advanced - not written very well - pretty sloppy
Review: Can't believe I actually bought this book. Gotta be one of the worst ones I ever laid down my own money on. Terrible piece of work. Examples don't run. Explanations don't make sense. Nothing very educational or helpful about any of it.