SQL Server 2000 Black Book [With CDROM]

By Tom Alexander

This black book shows how to build a simple, but powerful database profile utility, and explains how to set up data replication. It covers the essentials of transaction management, with information on new locking structures. Discover the latest XML data interchange technology along with several examples readers can use to quickly build applications. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1576107701
• ISBN13: 9781576107706
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Coriolis Group Books
• Length: 1016 Pages
• Weight: 3.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.3" x 7.4" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

SQL Server 2000 Black Book

'SQL Server 2000 Black Book' is a guide and reference for professionals looking for solutions. It is truly a "Comprehensive Problem Solver", as the cover says. "SQL Server 2000 Black Book" provides in-depth study as well as reference material. It is comprehensive and yet precise, a perfect resource for developers looking for database and server reference material. Patrick Dalton and Paul Whitehead have explained crucial...

Well worth the price

I am a self-taught DBA in need to understand how to cope with my day-to-day job. This book comes in very handy. It covers everything you need to know about administration, from the installation, optimization, hardware selection and so on. The writers pour their own experience into the book. Don't hesitate: buy this book before it's out of print and you'll never be sorry afterwards.

Well-organized

This book will be useful because it is clear and well-organized. Each chapter is introduced with a quick reference table of contents. The headings within the chapter make it easy to follow the outline (organization) of the material. There are numerous graphics and procedure lists. Where appropriate, source code is listed by way of demonstration. The coverage of the material is comprehensive.

Words to Work by

I can't say that I read a technical book from cover but I've come pretty close with this one. In addition to the information that I can really use, ( and I mean everyday ) what impressed me most was the practical and meaningful tips about dealing with the day to day 'crises' a SQL server developer faces. The book is already well dog eared as it's a constant companion of mine at work, in the car, and at home. I highly recommend...