Microsoft SQL Server 2008: Developer Edition

by Microsoft

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• Shipping Weight: 7.8 ounces
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• ASIN: B001B8EZR4
• Item model number: E32-00673
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 2, 2001
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,206 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
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Product Description

Microsoft SQL Svr Developer Edtn 2008 English DVD

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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Easier to Sit at the Big Table, September 10, 2009

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Pyanfar Chanur (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Microsoft SQL Server 2008: Developer Edition (DVD-ROM)

Microsoft has done a clever thing with their Developer tools: they've recognized that it's more important to make it easy to put the product in the hands of someone who'll learn from it than it is to make huge sweeping profits off of every buyer. SQL Server 2008 Developer Edition provides all that a developer will need to learn and use SQL Server 2008: all that's missing here compared to the full Enterprise Edition are some of the Analytics tools and advanced features that, if you need them, you've already done all you need to do in this copy of the database, anyway (analytics is typically only critical to an Enterprise-level shop, who will most likely have full licensed server versions of SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition).

As a database technology, SQL Server 2008 has come into its own, finally being feature-rich enough and capable enough to be compared to Enterprise big-guns like Oracle. Microsoft are also nudging their way into SAP/Business Objects territory, making ancillary activities like Reporting and Transformations much easier to perform. The SQL Server 2008 interface is powerful, it is surprisingly easy to use, and installation and maintenance really do seem to be a breeze. You also get useful features like the SQL Server Books Online to help you learn, integration with Visual Studio to speed up your development time, and some surprisingly simple interfaces for doing powerful transforms/ETL like the Business Intelligence Development Studio.

If you're a developer, and you found downloading and installing the free version(s) of SQL Server 2008 to not meet your needs (or in my case, be fraught with problems), you can't argue with the price. This product works well to get you fairly far towards "guru", and can help teach old Database Dogs new tricks. :) You should be advised that this product is only intended for learning and working in a development environment and should NOT be used to deploy and/or support Production data or applications.

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Easy To Install, December 26, 2008

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Fat Lip (Minneapolis, MN) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Microsoft SQL Server 2008: Developer Edition (DVD-ROM)

I'm totally new to SQL Server. I had big time problems trying to install the old 2005 developer version that came with Visual Studio. I got SQL Server 2008 developer for Christmas along with a book called "Beginning SQL Server 2008 for Developers: From Novice To Professional" written by Robin Dewson. The book guides you through the installation process and is really easy to understand. If you have Visual Studio 2008 installed, make sure that you also have Service Pack 1 for VS installed. If you are brand new to SQL Server, I would suggest getting that book also. I would have been totally lost without it.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Basically Enterprise with Limited Licensing, May 14, 2009

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G. Georgiades (Elmhurst, NY United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Microsoft SQL Server 2008: Developer Edition (DVD-ROM)

This has all the features of enterprise edition. It is the best database solution for the price to get started.

Keep in mind Oracle dev is free but it won't get you up and running as fast. Also note there is SQL 2008 R2 is out.