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Summary: A true book for programmers
Review: This book is everything I was looking for. I bought it on my recent trip to United States. I had a chance to read it on the long flight back to Europe. I needed a clear and concise book to help me with my MS SQL programming problems. I think I found it. It clearly explains logic behind the code and examples. Other books often mix together a lot of other topics, but not this one. The text is only about coding. No administration or fine-tuning. I think it's a very good book for programmers. If your interests include administration and other topics for DBA's, this book will be of no help for you. But that's the strength of the book. Just a few hundred pages, but no page is wasted on issues not directly related to coding.
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Summary: Terrible, just terrible
Review: This book isn't worth the paper its printed on. The code is all stuff from magazines and other books. I see a lot of code from Henderson's book here. The writing is also terrible - no explanations whatsoever. Suggest spending your money on something else-just about anything, in fact.
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Summary: Terrible, just terrible
Review: This book isn't worth the paper its printed on. The code is all stuff from magazines and other books. I see a lot of code from Henderson's book here. The writing is also terrible - no explanations whatsoever. Suggest spending your money on something else-just about anything, in fact.
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Summary: A very practical guide to T-SQL programming!
Review: This is a very concise and to-the-point book. It assumes that the user has a basic understanding of T-SQL. So, you won't see any repetition from SQL Server Books Online. Authors chose very interesting topics, and backed them up with real life scenarios and practical examples. So, every example makes sense. Book is very easy to read and understand. If you are a beginner T-SQL programmer (or someone coming from a VB or other programming backgrounds), this book helps you get on the right track, as it clearly explains how to think in terms of sets. If you are an intermediate level SQL programmer, you can really use the examples provided in this book and start your journey towards becoming an advanced SQL programmer. For advanced users of SQL, this serves as a great reference.
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Summary: More beginner's book than cookbook
Review: When they called this a cookbook, I was expecting lots of advanced sample code, especially given that the book comes from O'Reilly. I could not be more disappointed. The examples (the few that there are in such a thin, 302 page book) are really on the level of the Books Online. There aren't a lot of gourmet dishes in this one. Recommend you pass on it and get something like Henderson's two Guru's Guide books instead. Now _those_ are cookbooks!
Rating:
Summary: More beginner's book than cookbook
Review: When they called this a cookbook, I was expecting lots of advanced sample code, especially given that the book comes from O'Reilly. I could not be more disappointed. The examples (the few that there are in such a thin, 302 page book) are really on the level of the Books Online. There aren't a lot of gourmet dishes in this one. Recommend you pass on it and get something like Henderson's two Guru's Guide books instead. Now _those_ are cookbooks!
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