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Deploying Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 Notes from the Field

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From a high level, this book definitely gives the reader strategic deployment advice. Unlike many other books, this one gives very realistic performance figures. Although this book does not go into details about all aspects of configuring SQL Server, it does give details where appropriate. This book and Delany's Inside SQL Server (an EXCELLENT in in-depth analysis of SQL Server mechanics) is definitely a one-two punch.

Most implementations of SQL Server will probably not need either of these books, but if your SQL Server is a big OLAP or OLTP server with many users/complicated queries, these two books will give you all you need to tune your implementation to its best performance possible.

However, I haven't found a book that discusses SQL Server's powerful yet very under-utilized replication features.

This book takes the field experience of MCS and provides an overview of systems they have developed. Probably ideal for a people moving up to VLDB and Warehouse development projects. The book provides enough information to give the relevent information and foresight to make decisions when doing these types of developments. In summary a good practical overview of the development of SQL Server 7 solutions.

I was very disappointed with this book. My expectation of a book titled "...Notes from the Field" was that it would be jam packed with detailed information about how to use the software. In other words, the tricks of the trade and specific opinions (with details) about what works and what doesn't. For example, how to work around the nuances (or flaws) of the first release of OLAP Services.

What I found was a high level discussion about a wide range of topics, none of which seemed to be in depth or detailed enough to be useful. Too many topics were given a single paragraph or two. This may provide a starting point for further research, but is hardly enough to help someone through an implementation.

It was helpfull when stuck with prblem