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Administering SQL Server 7

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The book explained the basics of SQL Server and was helpful for a beginner like me. It helped me get started quickly with SQL Server 7.0

As a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer I can't say I liked this book at all. Not because it was too basic or anything like that, but because the style of writing was extremely difficult to follow. Almost every page I read had major grammatical mistakes that made following what the author said to be very difficult. I get the impression that this book was rushed into print without proper proof-reading and without a knowledgeable person reviewing the contents to make sure a person unfamiliar with the subject could understand it.

I was hoping for a robust book. If you want to learn about MS SQL 7, this is a good beginner book. However, for more meat, I also got SQL Server 7.0 DBA Survival Guide. I found that book more useful.

I was presented this book and told 'learn how to set up sql server'. Not from this. Aside from grammatical problems that make it hard to read, it presumes you know all the ms-isms, the microsoft way of naming or doing things (my 15+ years experience is on other systems). Of several dozen attempts to locate a term or item in the index, none were successful. Best guess; if you know an older sql server, or are well immersed in ms and its methodologies, this book might be useful to learn V7. If not, look elsewhere.

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