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Store See larger picture Microsoft SQL Server(TM) 2005: Database Essentials Step by Step (Step By Step (Microsoft)) by Solid Quality Learning - Microsoft Press List Price: $39.99 Price at Amazon.com: $26.39 (Save 34%) Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Shipping rates and policies Average Customer Review: Based on 9 reviews. Amazon.com Sales Rank: 250263 Product Description SQL Server 2005 is Microsoft’s next-generation data management and analysis solution that delivers enhanced scalability, availability, and security features to enterprise data and analytical applications while making them easier to create, deploy, and manage. Now you can teach yourself how to design, build, test, deploy, and maintain SQL Server databases—one step at a time. With STEP BY STEP, you work at your own pace through hands-on, learn-by-doing exercises. Instead of merely focusing on describing new features, this book shows new database programmers and administrators how to use specific features within typical business scenarios. Each chapter puts you to work, providing a highly practical learning experience that demonstrates how to build database solutions to solve common business problems. Featured Customer Reviews Not very good, August 11, 2008 I'm about 1/2 way through this book and probably going to stop reading it. It's really just a general overview of SQL Server 2005, and is really unhelpful if you actually want to learn to use the software. Mediocre overview of SQL 2005, February 01, 2008 overview of all aspects but not as clear as could be, lot's of pre-knowledge about visual basic is assumed and not that clearly organized. There are a lot better books out there. Mostly focused on SQL statements for developers and DBA's, September 27, 2007 There is nothing in this book that you can not find in another more organized book. Horrible!, June 05, 2007 I have yet to find a book by Microsoft Press that is well-written, and this one is the worst of them all. It was certainly a waste of my money. There are many other books on SQL 2005 that are far better. Microsoft SQL Server(TM) 2005: Database Essentials Step by Step (Step By Step (Microsoft)) , March 08, 2007 A very good material for beginers. I would have like to found this material when I first took a DB class... You might also be interested in these items... Programming Microsoft SQL Server 2005 MCTS Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-431): Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Implementation and Maintenance (Pro-Certification) Inside Microsoft SQL Server 2005: T-SQL Querying (Solid Quality Learning) Inside Microsoft SQL Server(TM) 2005: The Storage Engine (Solid Quality Learning) Microsoft® SQL Server(TM) 2005 Reporting Services Step by Step (Step by Step (Microsoft))