Instant SQL Server 2000 Applications [With CDROM]

by Greg Buczek

Targetted to the developer rather than the database administrator, this book fills a void in the SQL Server book market. It features a hands-on, project-focused approach to developing robust,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0072133201
• ISBN13: 9780072133202
• Release Date: May 2001
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
• Length: 932 Pages
• Weight: 4.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.3" x 7.5" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Terrific Book !!

This book is unbelievable! I had been looking for a book explaining stored procedures. I had bought four or five books on SQL Server but they turned out to be very disappointing: only one chapter on stored procedures and only examples that were less than convincing on the use of stored procedures.This book shows you real life examples where stored procedures are used. I understood right away what other authors were trying to explain.Mr. Buczek's book consists of small but complete real life applications. By using complete projects, we understand how and why using stored procedures.But the book is not only about stored procedures; using defined functions and triggers are also used.What makes this book stand-out among other books on SQL Server, is the coupling of SQL Server with a user interface: each applications use an interface: some of Mr. Buczek applications use VB6, others use VB.Net (beta 1: at that time VB.Net beta 2 had not been launched), others use Access and others use ASP pages. This is the book you need if you are tired, as I am, to throw your money through the windows by buying computing books that are written by people who should never have written books at all. As far as I am concerned, Mr. Buczek is the only person who desserves the right to write computer books. He is the only one who knows what he is doing.

A great reference book for developing SQL applications

The strength of this book is that is teaches through examples, and for someone like myself who knows a little about SQL and needs concrete examples to solidify understanding, this is an excellent resource. Mr. Buczek does an excellent job of breaking down the code in his examples and explaining what each line does. The book also has a good introduction through the first several chapters that help you get your feet wet if you have done little with SQL Server before.

Instant SQL Server 2000 Apps Review

I now posess five (5) of Mr. Buczek's books. In this book, as in all the rest, it remains evident that Greg has a genuine concern that the reader learn from his printed material and urges further learning by manipulating solutions that he has presented. Chapter 1 does a great job of reviewing the basics of working with SQL Server and the SQL Server Enterprise Manager. As a programmer, I have designed an application using VB as the front end to SQL Server. Chapter 3 provided invaluable information.I found the Solutions provided by Mr. Buczek as real-world, and code examples were easily transposed to meet my programming needs. The Visual Basic Quick Reference in Appendix A and the T-SQL Language Reference in Appendix B are more than worth the price of this book. I will be eagerly waiting for the next release from Mr. Buczek.