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Transact-SQL Programming
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Author: Lee Gould, Andrew Zanevsky, Kevin Kline
List Price: $49.95
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ISBN: 1565924010
Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates (01 April, 1999)
Edition: Paperback
Sales Rank: 14,803
Average Customer Rating: 2.58 out of 5
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Customer ReviewsRating: 1 out of 5
A poor copy of books online
Anyone can copy information from other sources and put it into a book. It takes someone who really knows his or her stuff to write a book that is invaluable to the SQL programmer. I would definitely not recommend this book for the database professional.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Great Sybase and Microsoft SQL Server reference
I've owned this book for over two years and I still go back to it as a reference. It covers Sybase SQL Server 11.5 and Microsoft SQL Server 6.5 (with limitted coverage of 7.0) so it is now a bit dated for Microsoft, but is still viable for Sybase use.I would love to see an updated version of this book for the Microsoft side. But this book is an excellent reference for determining the difference between the Transact-SQL languages in Microsoft vs. Sybase. The Microsoft and Sybase T-SQL languages were similar when this book was written, but have probably diverted even more since MS bought the license for SQL Server from Sybase. As much as I would love to see an updated version of this book, the new version would probably be more difficult to write. It's still a great reference for Transact SQL and I can't knock the book for age when it's a classic.
Rating: 1 out of 5
A Great Door Stop!
Our teacher chose this never ending phone book for the relatively simple language of SQL (not Transact SQL)! I have found FREE online tutorials that say more in one paragraph than this author can say in 700+ pages! He didn't even bother to define the variables until chapter 6! His other books on SQL may be easier to read, but if your buying a book exclusively for SQL you may want to choose any one but this one!
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