A. Devkota said
This is a very good book for a beginners...It clearly explains the concepts and have enough excersise to practice. I haven't finished the whole book yet, however, so far I liked it...Thanks,
Marty Pinkard said
I have not had the opportunity to sit down and read the material. I was satisfied with the condition.
Bil Kimes said
Mr Petkovic approaches his writing like a skilled and gifted artisan who is confident and has a complete understanding of a very complex subject (SQL Server).
Our IT group has used his books in preference to those from Microsoft Press and others for several versions.
His chapter layout and content is concise and clear, which is helpful when you need a "Quick Win" on syntax of some related operational question.
As always we rate his work with five stars.
M&M said
If you are new to Microsoft SQL Server and relational databases or have been away from the technology for a while, this book will be very helpful. The author takes time upfront to start you off with the basics of SQL and work his way through most of the functionality in the current version of SQL Server. The examples are simple to understand. I do wish there had been more info on the Spatial Data Types, but that is probably because I am not a beginner on that subject and wanted to dive into more GIS analysis than this book was ready to provide.
Terrill D. Snyder said
if you are looking to learn SQL Server, then this book is for you, but if you are looking to learn SQL Servers new stuff, specifics to 2008, it appears to be "outside the scope of this book."
I suspect this book was originally titled something like Beginners guide to SQL server 2000 and has been updated each time there is a change, but most of the stuff is generic and doesnt' change.
A good book if you are interested in learning SQL Server, but has very little specific to the advances in 2008 that I was looking for, like the Hierachal datatype.
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