Writing Stored Procedures for Microsoft SQL Server (Sams Professional)

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Customer Reviews:

Pretty much a reprint of the Books Online [Posted on 2002-01-13]
If I wanted a printed version of the BOL, I'd just print it out. There's far too much stuff here straight out of the BOL. I get the impression the guy doesn't know his subject material very well. I wish I hadn't wasted my time with this one.

don't waste your time reading this book [Posted on 2003-03-20]
It seems to me that the authors don't have real working experience on either sybase or microsoft sql server.

Don't know whether to laugh or cry... [Posted on 2003-07-03]
I've got over 300 technical books on my bookshelves and this is probably one of the worst. Apparently the publisher/author wanted to be 'first out of the gate' in order to cash in or something, because this is just a rehashing (sometimes verbatim!) of the Books Online that comes with the program. Anyone can copy-and-paste, but it takes a true master to take an oftentimes dry subject and make it understandable as well as enjoyable. If you're looking for just such a master, Grasshopper, than leave this page immediately and go look at Ken Henderson's "The Guru's Guide to SQL Server Stored Procedures, XML, and HTML." Trust me -- you'll be glad you did. Namaste!

Hard copy of online documentation [Posted on 2003-08-07]
Though this book helped me breeze through a project
and enabled me to write stored procedures even with
minimal SQL experience, I noticed that the information in
this book can be found online. If you can manage to look
at the monitor for hours at a time then don't buy this book,
you can readily get the information online.

Good book for beginners [Posted on 2004-05-12]
I disagree with the negative comments given to this book. Even if it IS simply a rewrite of Books Online (a complaint of other reviewers), it's done in a very easy to read style - and the order of topics covered worked well for me. I've been programming with VBA for years, but was totally new to stored procedures - and this book has me tackling stored procedures with confidence. I'm impressed. I'm guessing this is NOT a good book for the person who has been working with stored procedures for a long time and wants fine-tuning - some of the examples are a bit simplistic - BUT it IS a good book for the beginner. Maybe even more important, unlike most "beginner" books, the author includes solid conceptual foundations - explaining the why as well as the process.

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