Rating: 
Summary: Not bad
Review: Thearon Willis's approach is pretty straight forward, and that's what I like. In short this book gets a solid positive review and has minor peeves.In short this is a great intro to SQL server 7. Good use of explaining triggers, and stored procedures. Most important the examples are REAL WORLD BUSINESS examples that you can use. So many other books get you to do things that are totaly useless. While I wouldn't design and interface like he did, or make the tables, as such, and I did find his stored procedures a bit overly lengthy, it's still a great book to get started on and has a lot of usefull stuff. Knowing VB helps but not neccesary and is of course not concentrated on either.. solid 4, Another good Wrox book.
Rating: 
Summary: Excellent book - excellent author
Review: This book is one of the best teaching guides that I have ever read. Willis is an excellent author - his writing style is impeccable. He leads you through the learning process in a systematic and orderly manner. However, there is no overlap ... if you are a beginning VB and SQL developer - this is one of the best bargains in the market. By the time you are through half the book you will start feeling very comfortable with VB concepts and SQL server. His programming examples cover a wide range of TSQL concepts and so does his VB. I strongly recommend this book.
Rating:
Summary: Excellent book - excellent author
Review: This book is one of the best teaching guides that I have ever read. Willis is an excellent author - his writing style is impeccable. He leads you through the learning process in a systematic and orderly manner. However, there is no overlap ... if you are a beginning VB and SQL developer - this is one of the best bargains in the market. By the time you are through half the book you will start feeling very comfortable with VB concepts and SQL server. His programming examples cover a wide range of TSQL concepts and so does his VB. I strongly recommend this book.
Rating:
Summary: Have you ever enjoyed reading a technical book?
Review: This is absolutely the best technical book I have read. The book takes an intermediate Visual Basic programmer with no knowledge of database programming and provides the knowledge in a clear and easy to follow format. The examples on working with SQL Server Enterprise Manager, Query Analyzer, and how to call Stored Procedures and inline SQL statements are excellent. I wish I could give the book six stars.
Rating:
Summary: Have you ever enjoyed reading a technical book?
Review: This is absolutely the best technical book I have read. The book takes an intermediate Visual Basic programmer with no knowledge of database programming and provides the knowledge in a clear and easy to follow format. The examples on working with SQL Server Enterprise Manager, Query Analyzer, and how to call Stored Procedures and inline SQL statements are excellent. I wish I could give the book six stars.
Rating:
Summary: Not for the New bees
Review: This is an excellent book if and only if you already have experience in Vb and SQL. Definitely not for beginners. Lots of very good learning examples easy to read and understand. Good tool for getting you up to speed quickly.
Rating: 
Summary: Fairly comprehensive though "beginning" title is appropriate
Review: This isn't a bad book. If you're a beginner who has a decent aptitude for software development, you will probably like this book. Experienced developers may find him long-winded at time and get tired of his explaining Enterprise Manager menus and stuff like that. Nevertheless, there is certainly valuable information for non-beginners. You may want to purchse the "professional" book instead if you're experienced with database design, sql server, and vb. If you think this book is too difficult for a beginner then sorry to say, but you may want to consider a different field.
Rating:
Summary: Fairly comprehensive though "beginning" title is appropriate
Review: This isn't a bad book. If you're a beginner who has a decent aptitude for software development, you will probably like this book. Experienced developers may find him long-winded at time and get tired of his explaining Enterprise Manager menus and stuff like that. Nevertheless, there is certainly valuable information for non-beginners. You may want to purchse the "professional" book instead if you're experienced with database design, sql server, and vb. If you think this book is too difficult for a beginner then sorry to say, but you may want to consider a different field.
Rating: 
Summary: Not on Par for subject
Review: Too much filler and not enough how and why. There are many books out there on this subject and this one did not measure up. I would suggest moving straight to Vieira's book (pro sql 7) for anyone with fundamental understanding of the subject.
| 
