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I wasn't aware books have beta versions too! At any rate, it's free for now, warts and all.
Free e-book offer: Introducing Microsoft SQL Server 2008 by PeterDeBetta, Greg Low and Mark Whitehorn Reviewed by Kathleen Atkins,project editor, Microsoft Press Peter DeBetta, the principal author of this book, welcomes readers tothe soon-to-be-released SQL Server 2008. An MVP for SQL Server and aholder of many other credentials and longstanding SQL Server experience,DeBetta (with his coauthors) offers in this electronic beta book adiscerning view of the new version of SQL Server. DeBetta and his coauthors-Greg Low and Mark Whitehorn, who are alsodatabase experts, consultants, developers, and writers-divide theirdiscussion of SQL Server 2008 into seven topics: Security andAdministration, Performance, Type System Enhancements, Programmability,Storage, Enhancements for High Availability, and Business IntelligenceEnhancements. In each of these chapters, the authors describe new orimproved features. They could not address every additional capability ofor improvement in SQL Server 2008, however, because their view (and thustheir readers' view) into the product is an early one. Given the goalsof the book-to introduce and explore the product in a preliminary way,both conceptually and practically (with sample code)-readers will findplenty to interest them. For example, database developers might be very glad to know that T-SQLremains part of the product, and is, as yet, "still most often the bestchoice for retrieving and manipulating data." CLR integration has beenimproved since SQL Server 2005 and the new product introduces system CLRtypes, but "T-SQL is still not going anywhere." Because Peter DeBetta hopes to be the first technical book author on TheNew York Times' bestseller list, he recommends Introducing Microsoft SQLServer 2008 to everyone. But the people who really ought to read it arethose who want to begin using the new and improved tools in SQL Server2008. Register to download the free e-book, Introducing Microsoft SQL Server2008 <http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9318707>.
Free e-book offer: Introducing Microsoft SQL Server 2008 by PeterDeBetta, Greg Low and Mark Whitehorn Reviewed by Kathleen Atkins,project editor, Microsoft Press
Peter DeBetta, the principal author of this book, welcomes readers tothe soon-to-be-released SQL Server 2008. An MVP for SQL Server and aholder of many other credentials and longstanding SQL Server experience,DeBetta (with his coauthors) offers in this electronic beta book adiscerning view of the new version of SQL Server.
DeBetta and his coauthors-Greg Low and Mark Whitehorn, who are alsodatabase experts, consultants, developers, and writers-divide theirdiscussion of SQL Server 2008 into seven topics: Security andAdministration, Performance, Type System Enhancements, Programmability,Storage, Enhancements for High Availability, and Business IntelligenceEnhancements. In each of these chapters, the authors describe new orimproved features. They could not address every additional capability ofor improvement in SQL Server 2008, however, because their view (and thustheir readers' view) into the product is an early one. Given the goalsof the book-to introduce and explore the product in a preliminary way,both conceptually and practically (with sample code)-readers will findplenty to interest them.
For example, database developers might be very glad to know that T-SQLremains part of the product, and is, as yet, "still most often the bestchoice for retrieving and manipulating data." CLR integration has beenimproved since SQL Server 2005 and the new product introduces system CLRtypes, but "T-SQL is still not going anywhere."
Because Peter DeBetta hopes to be the first technical book author on TheNew York Times' bestseller list, he recommends Introducing Microsoft SQLServer 2008 to everyone. But the people who really ought to read it arethose who want to begin using the new and improved tools in SQL Server2008.
Register to download the free e-book, Introducing Microsoft SQL Server2008 <http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9318707>.
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