The Guru's Guide to SQL Server Boxed Set [Paperback]

Ken Henderson (Author)

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ISBN-10: 0321287509 | ISBN-13: 978-0321287502 | Publication Date: October 22, 2004

Ken Henderson's three guides to SQL Server have been widely praised by readers and reviewers alike. Now all three of them are available in an attractive, sturdy, specially priced boxed set. The three books included are The Guru's Guide to Transact-SQL, The Guru's Guide to SQL Server Stored Procedures, XML, and HTML, and The Guru's Guide to SQL Server Architecture and Internals. This set is an invaluable reference for SQL Server administrators and developers of all levels.

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Ken Henderson's three guides to SQL Server have been widely praised by readers and reviewers alike. Now all three of them are available in an attractive, sturdy, specially priced boxed set. The three books included are The Guru's Guide to Transact-SQL, The Guru's Guide to SQL Server Stored Procedures, XML, and HTML, and The Guru's Guide to SQL Server Architecture and Internals. This set is an invaluable reference for SQL Server administrators and developers of all levels.

Product Details

• Paperback: 2400 pages
• Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional (October 22, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0321287509
• ISBN-13: 978-0321287502
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 7.5 x 5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,131,062 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars As the Title Says, For Guru's, December 8, 2004

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John Matlock "Gunny" (Winnemucca, NV) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Guru's Guide to SQL Server Boxed Set (Paperback)

If you're thinking of setting up a database to keep track of your local phone book or kitchen recipes, go get something else. (That is, if the price hasn't already told you that.) Note the title: The Guro's Guide. And he means it.

If you're a database developer or administrator using Microsoft SQL Server, get this book today. It would be nice to think that all the big databases met the ANSI standard and were therefore truly portable from database to database and it would be nice to have a Tooth Fairy and Easter Bunny. Instead we are left with really having to understand deeply. And this Guru knows what's going on where.

There are three books in this series. I'm more into programming so I found the book on Transact-Sql to be the one that I pick up the most. It's got more stuff on T-SQL than any of the half dozen other books I have, some of which are much bigger. What that means is that the writing style doesn't waste a lot of time on excess verbage. It's tight and concise. And that means not for beginners looking for a lot of this is a database kind of stuff.

But the volume that I need the most is the Guide to Architecture and Internals. I don't use it often, but when I do it is likely to be the only book available that tells me what I need to know at that moment. It's also something you might keep by your bedside. Unless I'm working on a specific problem, thirty seconds and I'm out.

The third book is on Stored Procedures (just in case you want to run faster), XML and HTML.

Conclusion, if you're serious about SQL Server, you can't do any better.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The very best compile of information to SQL server, March 25, 2006

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Jørgen Guldmann "Guldmann" (Denmark) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Guru's Guide to SQL Server Boxed Set (Paperback)

Guru's Guide offers the best set of information on the marked. It quickly becomes a friend you cannot live without, when approaching the boundaries of the usual coding.

The guide is directed towards the 2000 version, but its transact-SQL examples are just as easy applied to 2005.

With my full recommendations

Guldmann,Denmark

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best SQL Server Books Available, January 26, 2005

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John G (Dallas, TX) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Guru's Guide to SQL Server Boxed Set (Paperback)

I am a database consultant with Microsoft, and would not be without these books. I strongly recommend the boxed set of three books to everyone working with SQL Server. I also personally know Ken, and his overall knowledge of SQL Server and Windows development is tops.