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Beginning SQL Server 2005 Administration
by Dan Wood, Chris Leiter, Paul Turley
For the first time, SQL Server 2005 provides features that can support large-scale enterprise databases. With this powerful new release, you may find yourself being called upon to perform duties that are no longer strictly "administrative," duties that have become much more complicated and difficult. With that in mind, a team of experienced Microsoft Certified Professionals provides you with the necessary information to be a more competent and successful database developer or administrator.
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SQL Hacks
by Andrew Cumming, Gordon Russell
Whether you're running Access, MySQL, SQL Server, Oracle, or PostgreSQL, this book will help you push the limits of traditional SQL to squeeze data effectively from your database. The book offers 100 hacks -- unique tips and tools -- that bring you the knowledge of experts who apply what they know in the real world to help you take full advantage of the expressive power of SQL. You'll find practical techniques to address complex data manipulation problems.
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Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Unleashed
by Ray Rankins, Paul Bertucci, Chris Gallelli, Alex T. Silverstein
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Unleashed offers comprehensive coverage of SQL Server 2005 that goes beyond the basic syntax and information you’ll find in the product manuals, providing in-depth information derived from the authors’ real-world experience to help you build upon your working knowledge of the product and take your experience and knowledge to a higher level.
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Murach's SQL Server 2005 for Developers
by Bryan Syverson, Joel Murach
If you want to learn SQL, you've picked the right book. Unlike most SQL books, this one starts by showing you how to use SQL queries to extract and update the data in a database, because that's what every application developer needs to know first. Then, it shows how to design and implement a database, how to use server-side features like views, stored procedures, cursors, and transactions, and how to use the CLR integration feature (new in SQL Server 2005) to create database objects in a .
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MCITP Developer: Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Data Access Design and Optimization Study Guide: Exam 70-442
by Marilyn MillerWhite, Cristian Andrei Lefter
As your essential guide to Microsoft’s new SQL Server 2005 certification (exam 70-442), this book offers you practical and in-depth coverage. Full coverage of all exam objectives is presented in a systematic approach so you can be confident you’re getting the instruction you need for the exam. Plus, practical hands-on exercises reinforce critical skills and real-world scenarios put what you’ve learned in the context of actual job roles.
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SQL Pocket Guide (Pocket Reference (O'Reilly))
by Jonathan Gennick
SQL is the language of databases. It's used to create and maintain database objects, place data into those objects, query the data, modify the data, and, finally, delete data that is no longer needed. Databases lie at the heart of many, if not most business applications. Chances are very good that if you're involved with software development, you're using SQL to some degree. And if you're using SQL, you should own a good reference or two.
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The PostgreSQL Reference Manual Volume 3: Server Administration Guide
by The PostgreSQL Global Development Group
This manual is volume 3 of the official reference documentation for PostgreSQL 8.2.4. This volume is the system administration guide, and covers the installation, configuration and maintenance of PostgreSQL database servers. Topics covered include backups, security, tuning and upgrade procedures, as well as routine tasks such as creating and deleting databases.
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MCITP Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-442): Designing and Optimizing Data Access by Using Microsoft SQL Server(TM) 200
by Sara Morgan, Tobias Thernstrom
Announcing an all-new Self-Paced Training Kit designed to help maximize your performance on 70-442, one of the required exams for the Microsoft Certified IT Professional (MCITP) Database Developer certification. This 2-in-1 kit includes the official Microsoft study guide, plus practice tests on CD to help you assess your skills.
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Data Analysis Using SQL and Excel
by Gordon S. Linoff
Useful business analysis requires you to effectively transform data into actionable information. This book helps you use SQL and Excel to extract business information from relational databases and use that data to define business dimensions, store transactions about customers, produce results, and more.
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Beginning Databases with PostgreSQL: From Novice to Professional, Second Edition (Beginning from Novice to Professional)
by Neil Matthew, Richard Stones
Beginning Databases with PostgreSQL: From Novice to Professional, Second Edition PostgreSQL is arguably the most powerful open-source relational database system. It has grown from academic research beginnings into a functionally-rich, standards-compliant, and enterprise-ready database used by organizations all over the world. And it's completely free to use.
