Teach Yourself Microsoft SQL Server 7 in 10 Minutes (Sams Teach Yourself...in 10 Minutes) [Paperback]

William Robison (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0672316633 | ISBN-13: 978-0672316630 | Publication Date: September 1999 | Edition: 1

Sams Teach Yourself Microsoft SQL Server 7 in 10 Minutes is a short but detailed reference to Microsoft SQL Server 7. This book brings together the most common commands and tasks that programmers and database administrators need to perform. Concise, goal-oriented lessons allow you to get up to speed quickly and efficiently. Application developers and administrators who are new to Microsoft SQL Server will learn to store, retrieve, and manipulate data in a Microsoft SQL Server database. This book serves as a reference guide even after you have become proficient.

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Sams Teach Yourself Microsoft SQL Server 7 in 10 Minutes is a short but detailed reference to Microsoft SQL Server 7. This book brings together the most common commands and tasks that programmers and database administrators need to perform. Concise, goal-oriented lessons allow you to get up to speed quickly and efficiently. Application developers and administrators who are new to Microsoft SQL Server will learn to store, retrieve, and manipulate data in a Microsoft SQL Server database. This book serves as a reference guide even after you have become proficient.

About the Author

William Robison is an MCSE, Senior Software Engineer and Technical Lead with TRW, Inc. He has been working with SQL Server since version 4.21. In the last three years, he has led development teams building high volume server applications in C++, web applications using Active Server Pages, and client software in C++ and Visual Basic -- all based on SQL Server. His other responsibilities include consulting and training activities in several areas, including relational databases and SQL Server.

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Sams; 1 edition (September 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0672316633
• ISBN-13: 978-0672316630
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,335,766 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Beginners Book!, October 29, 1999

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D. C Tuttle (NC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Teach Yourself Microsoft SQL Server 7 in 10 Minutes (Sams Teach Yourself...in 10 Minutes) (Paperback)

SQL Server is a vast subject. I was sure a '10 Minute' book couldn't be worth anybody's time or money. But as it turns out, it's just because this book doesn't drown you in details, that it fills an urgent need for an approachable beginner's book.

This book gives you the framework and practical understanding so that when you move on to other more detailed tomes you'll know where those details fit in.

I'll be teaching both SQL Server 7 certification classes next semester and I intend to recommend this book to my students. It's a great place to start! (an the price ain't bad either ;-)

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best quick start primer for SQL Server 7.0, September 27, 2000

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Alex Mikhail - See all my reviews

This review is from: Teach Yourself Microsoft SQL Server 7 in 10 Minutes (Sams Teach Yourself...in 10 Minutes) (Paperback)

This book actually lives up to its name. It gives a fast and relatively painless explanation of SQL Server 7. It assumes very little knowledge of databases. At most, the prerequisites are a little knowledge of SQL or of a simple database like Access. Web developers will appreciate the broad, yet helpful approach on everything from table creation to stored procedures. This book teaches by giving concise and well designed examples of queries and code. It will explain topics like cursors, triggers, stored procedures, basic SQL, Transact SQL, and even a little ASP. It even addresses some speed, security, and design issues. Any RDBMS or SQL Server 7.0 neophyte needs this book by his side. I would recommend reading this book first, before you tackle any of the other volumes of SQL Server references online or otherwise.

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Teach Yourself Microsoft SQL Server 7.0, March 19, 2000

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This review is from: Teach Yourself Microsoft SQL Server 7 in 10 Minutes (Sams Teach Yourself...in 10 Minutes) (Paperback)

After reading "Teach Yourself Microsoft SQL, Quick steps for fast results, in 10 Minutes," by Ben Forta, Mr. Robison's pales. The material in general is good, however the details are presented in a string of possible command parameters ... - making it difficult to follow for the novice.

I would suggest that the book be rewritten along the lines of Mr. Forta's approach.