Microsoft SQL Server 2008 For Dummies [Dummies1337]

❂   Microsoft SQL Server 2008 For Dummies   ❂
by Mike Chapple  (Author)

If you’re a database administrator, you know Microsoft SQL Server 2008 is revolutionizing database development. Get up to speed on SQL Server 2008, impress your boss, and improve your company’s data management — read Microsoft SQL Server 2008 For Dummies!
SQL Server 2008 lets you build powerful databases and create database queries that give your organization the information it needs to excel. Microsoft SQL Server 2008 For Dummies helps you build the skills you need to set up, administer, and troubleshoot SQL Server 2008. You’ll be able to:

Develop and maintain a SQL Server system
Design databases with integrity and efficiency
Turn data into information with SQL Server Reporting Services
Organize query results, summarizing data with aggregate functions and formatting output
Import large quantities of data with SSIS
Keep your server running smoothly
Protect data from prying eyes
Develop and implement a disaster recovery plan
Improve performance with database snapshots
Automate SQL Server 2008 administration



The author is a good writer, he's well organized, he get's his point across well - the problem is that he doesn't do it enough. This is a nice introduction to MS SQL but its simply too short and ultimately too lightweight for the subject. There are other good beginners manuals out there that, if they aren't as entertaining, are more useful. Dummies cut the legs out from under this text by keeping it so compact - too bad, if he'd had more room he undoubtedly could have created a excellent manual.

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Many thanks. [dummies1337]