Wrox: Professional SQL Server 2000 Database Design
- Category: Book Reviews
- Posted On: 5/31/2006
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 | This book was tedious!!! Although the book's insight into data modeling and design, including system configuration and performance optimizations rounded out my personal profile as a SQL Server DBA, the ~550 pages of content were like trudging through mud to find something of value. You shouldn't walk away from this review thinking "oh, the book sucked then", because it did not. However, I am certain there are others out there that will suit your needs better. Besides, SQL Server 2005 is out and will soon be the database of choice, especially with regard to the Express versions that will be shipped with applications. I had not read an official SQL Server book other than strictly programming in SQL and ADO, so this book was an excellent tutor. Now, what next? |
- Category: Book Reviews
- Posted On: 5/31/2006
- Views: 6,461
Comments
- From Mitch Jessop located in Anthem, AZ
- On 6/10/2006
Heh, I am Sandi's husband. She pointed me to your site. Very nice! I had to comment on this entry just because I was cracking up reading it. There aren't too many CS books that are not tedious. :D I say that, and I am a software engineer myself.
I see you are a .NET dev. Right now my "specialty" (ugh) is java/jsp on oracle application server... A few years back our company hit a crossroad: Java? Or .Net? We decided on Java and I have regretted it ever since. Nothing about J2EE is simple... it is bloated like a dead cow on the side of a road. That being said, you CAN work around it and create some simple, efficient code.
I work on the "back end" stuff, not web "design". I have no asthetic taste. You can see that visiting the sites I have created for us...
http://www.candiazoo.com
http://www.quiet-reflections.com
and then one that I used other products to make...
http://www.aquablog.info
My favorite languages to tinker with are Python and Ruby.
I'll p