Customer Reviews

Beginning SQL Server 2005 Administration

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I had not touched a DB box in quite a while, and I was recently handed a SQL 2005 box to manage. This book pretty much covered everything I needed. The writing style is laid back and readable, and they get right to the point, without going off on all sorts tangents. The chapter on Automating Administrative Tasks (Chapter 8) was pure gold.

Good stuff.

I found this book offers exactly what I needed. I learned how to best manage my SQL 2005 Database Server. I found the information to be accurate and well written, an excellent reference that I've used many times. I really appreciated how the authors used real world experience to relay hard to understand concepts.

This is an awesome book for someone that is new to SQL Server and needs to learn basic administration. The authors did a really good job of explaining the fundamentals in clear simple language.

I especially enjoyed the explanation of the storage engine. It made things clear to me that I didn't understand previously.

This book is for beginners. I'm a seasoned system engineer and have worked with SQL 2005 before. However not having any formal training I decided to get a book. I don't want to be a developer so I needed something that demonstrates SQL server 2005 from the admin side. This is book is perfect for that. It explains the major features a sys admin would want to know. Anything above what this book teaches, can be found on technet or doing a google search. So in conclusion, for a sys admin wanting to know SQL Server 2005, this book will serve your purposes very well...

Having taken several classes from Dan Wood I appreciate the years of practical experience these guys bring to the table. It is a very good, readable, and thorough introduction to MS SQL Server 2005. SQL 2005 is a big product with lots of intricacies. This is one of the best introductions to to it that I've read.

Very good primer for Microsoft SQL admins. Not too detailed but complete enough not let the reader into complacency. Authors recommended detail topics books are very helpful. Also the technical support from their WROX.com site was welcomed instead of working a accompanying CD.

I have been in IT for almost 10 years and recently read several books on SQL Server, including this one.
The book is well-written, has no spelling mistakes, etc., but it has too much "fluff" in the text while not providing enough information on many topics. The author starts talking about a specific topic, then says "this is beyond the scope of this book" and this pattern occurs countless times throughout the book. At the same time, the author discusses a lot of unrelated topics and philosophical issues. When I buy a book on SQL Server Administration, I don't want to read about Uncle Scrooge, Bill Cosby, Star Trek, Mr. Spock, co-workers mouse clicking habits, and other unrelated topics. Being a DBA is hard enough in the current market, so I wish they would concentrate purely on SQL Server.

As the title says, a good book for beginers. This book will guide you for the first few days (or weeks if you're a slow reader). After that you'll have exhausted its contents. After skimming through the pages for about 30 minutes, I realized it's time to order a more advanced book.