Microsoft SQL Server 6.5 Dba Survival Guide [Paperback]

Orryn Sledge (Author), Mark Spenik (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1, 1996

This book will turn a mediocre administrator into an effective, skilled leader in charge of a well-tuned RDBMS. Time-saving techniques show how to maximize the Microsoft SQL Server.
-- Teaches how to implement day-to-day preventive maintenance tasks
-- Updated to cover new features -- including the new transaction wizard
-- CD-ROM contains scripts and the time-saving programs from the book

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This book will turn a mediocre administrator into an effective, skilled leader in charge of a well-tuned RDBMS. Time-saving techniques show how to maximize the Microsoft SQL Server. - Teaches how to implement day-to-day preventive maintenance tasks

- Updated to cover new features-including the new transaction wizard

- CD-ROM contains scripts and the time-saving programs from the book

Product Details

• Paperback: 912 pages
• Publisher: Sams Publishing; 2 edition (June 1, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0672309599
• ISBN-13: 978-0672309595
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.6 x 2.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,572,007 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best SQL 6.5 DBA book available!, November 1, 1997

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"baeb" (Cincinnati, OH) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Microsoft SQL Server 6.5 Dba Survival Guide (Paperback)

No other book on the market even comes close with respect to the DBA specific aspects of SQL server. All the rest are a mix of developer/DBA material. If you just want to know how to administer SQL this is definately the book for you!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars We Need This Book To Stay in Print!, August 13, 2000

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Thomas E. Denham (Alpharetta, GA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Microsoft SQL Server 6.5 Dba Survival Guide (Paperback)

As a SQL Server DBA I am often called upon to deal with 6.5 installations. All my training has been on 7.0 and while many of my peers may have gotten their start on 4.2 or 6.0 or 6.5, I learned on 7.0 and it is different. The 6.5 DBA Survival Guide has helped me to figure out how to do things in 6.5 that are done quite differently in 7.0. I have found it to be an excellent resource manual for making sense out of how things work. Online help in 6.5 is a great disappointment compared to 7.0 so a book like this is essential.

I don't know how to compare this book to others on 6.5 because I have not read any others. But my readings in this one have compared very favorably to what I have read in dozens of references dealing with 7.0.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Straight forward, no nonsense information!, November 9, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Microsoft SQL Server 6.5 Dba Survival Guide (Paperback)

This book gives you the information you need when you need it. The authors will tell you what works, and what doesn't. You get the right answers, not just the Microsoft answers.