SQL Server 2000 Black Book: A Resource for Real World Database Solutions and Techniques

by Patrick Dalton and Paul Whitehead

The SQL Server 2000 Black Book is an insightful guide to utilizing the power and flexibility of SQL Server 2000. Geared toward the intermediate to advanced database administrator and programmer, this book will help you leverage the full potential of relational database technology to create a tate-of-the-art database solution. This book will help you install and configure SQL Server 2000, solve complex database management issues.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1932111387
• ISBN13: 9781932111385
• Release Date: July 2002
• Publisher: Paraglyph Press
• 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 points twice or more in close proximity, and, in different ways, so that you understand and remember those points, during, your adventures in practical life with SQL Server, Windows Operating System and Data Storage.

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 this book. It's the best on the subject I've seen. I've learned things about SQL Server I didn't even know existed.