Microsoft SQL Server Black Book: The Database Designer's and Administrator's Essential Guide to Setting Up Efficient Client-Server Tasks with SQL Server

By Patrick Dalton

Unlike other books on Microsoft SQL Server, "Microsoft SQL Server Black Book" includes customizable real-world examples and actual SQL code that readers can use in their own database systems. Special... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1576101495
• ISBN13: 9781576101490
• Release Date: August 1997
• Publisher: Coriolis Group Books
• Length: 700 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 7.5" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Finally, an easy to understand guide for the new DBA

I am a new client server DBA. My background consists of many years of mainframe programming. After making the "switch" I was desperate for help with my new endeavor. A colleague at a recent technical conference recommended Patrick Dalton's SQL Server Black Book. Being a beginner, I have found it extremely easy to read and understand. It has provided me with a solid base level understanding of SQL Server and has allowed me to perform my job with much more confidence. It is packed with many "real world" examples that I had experienced first-hand. I have incorporated many of Mr. Dalton's solutions into my own system, several of them word for word right out of the book. I would highly recommend this book for the SQL Server DBA.

I found the book to be extremely helpful as a new DBA.

I have been a mainframe person for several years now and had NO prior knowledge of the NT/SQL world. I found this book to be very helpful in the install/configuration process of my personal workstation/server. I was able to follow the step by step instructions that were listed on pages 45 thru 65. The screen illustrations were exactly as they appeared to me during installation. I have found the 'warning', 'pitfall' and 'Note' sections to be especially helpful. Overall, the book was easy to read and has been a wonderful resource coupled with the SQL books online.