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Murach's SQL Server 2008 for Developers (Murach: Training & Reference)

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After spent the past few years as developer/DBA for Oracle databases, SQL server is required during my recent projects. I find myself often spending too much time on simple issues such as how to perform a date and/or date time search. Microsoft SQL/T-SQL syntax is a little bit different from Oracle PL/SQL syntax.

This book really saves me time and effort. This format of this book is like a technical how-to manual or cook book. I extremely love this kind of format because I can quickly refer to a particular issue. The topic is usually concise and easy to understand.

This book is for developers not DBAs. I recommend this book for anyone who wants to learn SQL Server 2008. Of course, basic programming skills are the pre-requisites. In addition, it is very useful as an excellent technical reference book for more experienced programmers.

This is one of the best technical books I have seen in a long time. Like a lot of people who have been around software development for awhile, there are areas where I am an expert and other areas that I have picked up enough on the way to just be "a little bit dangerous". SQL Server was one of the latter areas and I wanted to round out my knowledge and this book proved to be the perfect tool. Its unique "facing page" design means you can easily grasp the topic being discussed, and if it is one you are already comfortable with, just scan the code to make sure and move on quickly, or stop and read the details if needed.

I also recommend that you stop and do the exercises at the end of each major chapter -- they are worth spending the time on. They are well thought out and you may very well pick something up even in those areas where you may "think you know it" (I know I did).

Finally, the layout of the book and a detailed index means that this will be a valuable reference in the future -- I still don't aim to be a SQL guru, but I know that with what I learned and this book as a reference I will be much more capable than before.

I am an MIS professor at the Rochester Institute of Technology and I consult in the MIS area on a regular basis. My consulting has included work using SQL Server and writing/modifying SQL Server Scripts. This text is by far the best introductory text I have come across for SQL Server and I have reviewed and used many. It is not only good for use in class but it is an excellent reference for anyone who is writing or altering SQL Server Scripts.

This is my third Murach's book. They've been the required textbooks for several of my college classes. The information is very well organized. There is an example on every right side facing page, with brief information in outline form below. On the left facing page, there is detailed information about the example. This format makes it very easy to skim through information I already have some knowledge of, and quickly identify where the detailed information is needed. I've contiuned to use all of the books as references for C#, [...] 3.5 and SQL Server 2008.

The Murach books are great books for learning and reference. Many of the software 'brick' books are so full of fluff and examples are hard to apply, this is not the case with Murach. He uses examples that are complete and does not leave gaps for you to figure out on your own. I have been able to get up to speed on several topics using these books.

I am a Business Analysis Manager and I use C# and SQL server daily. These books have enabled me to learn quickly and use the examples in my work right away.

This book is a lot more than just a collection of information. It presents topics in a very easy-to-understand format and progression. If you want to learn about SQL server in-depth, this is the choice for you.

you don't have to know anything about SQL or SQL Server. this book covers standart sql and T-SQL. I thing the best begining to learn SQL Server.

This is my first Murach book, and I am very impressed by the "paired-pages" approach, which is very helpful for the reader to grasp key points. The "How-To" style makes it very practical for beginning to junior level SQL Server developers to find answers and examples. I like the typefaces and font sizes used, and these together with the line spacing used make it very comfortable to read.

Some IT books skip explaining certain fundamental details and terms, assuming that the reader already knows about them. This is not the case for this book, which makes it additionally easy and pleasant to read.

Not only does the book have good coverage of database design, normalization, and SQL query syntax, but it also covers cursors, transactions, locking, security, BLOBs, XML, and FILESTREAM all the way through SQL CLR integration. Some of the new features and data types in SQL Server 2008 are also covered.

My biggest disappointment in this book is its lack of coverage of the new spatial data types and their related functions introduced in SQL Server 2008. Perhaps that deserves a separate book.

The rapidity of advancements in computer technologies necessitates computer program developers to embark on a continuous study in order to stay current in the their field. In a newly updated and expanded edition, "Murach's SQL Server 2008 For Developers" is the collaborative work of Bryan Syverson and Joel Murach and includes coverage of 2008 SQL features including FILESTREAM storage, the MERGE statement, new date/time data types, 'user-defiended' table type, the SPARSE attribute, filtered indexes, and a great deal more. Specifically designed for application developers, "Murach's SQL Server 2008 For Developers" addresses how to query a database, then goes one to show developers how to design and create a database, advanced features developers will need including views, scripts, stored procedures, functions, triggers, cursors, transactions, locking and security, handling XML and BLOB values, employing CLR integration. Of special note are the coding examples in "Murach's SQL Server 2008 For Developers", providing models for a wide range of SQL jobs. Thoroughly user friendly, "Murach's SQL Server 2008 For Developers" is a 748-page compendium packed with useable and critically important instruction and insight, making it a very strongly recommended addition to personal, professional, and academic library Computer Science reference collections and SQL-based program developer supplemental reading lists.

In this book, Murach has applied their unique, "paired-pages" layout style to teaching the SQL Server 2008 skills that developers need to create database applications. In this style, each subject is given two pages of description. One page is a technical description of what a particular function does; the facing page is an illustration of that feature being used. As such, this combines the tutorial and reference formats into a single book that I find to be the easiest way to learn how to use a software package.

As I said, the subject of this particular Murach title is the 2008 edition of Microsoft's SQL Server. It is a combination of a book on programming in SQL, which can be looked at as though it is a fully functional programming language in itself, and on using Microsoft tools like the Management Studio, which make Microsoft's SQL significantly easier to use than most other big time database systems.