September 9, 2011 at 9:25 pm
which is the best ever book for sql server...
besides the theory part the book should also contains the examples and activities too
September 10, 2011 at 1:52 am
SQL Server Administration? SQL Server Development? SQL BI? Some other aspect?
There's no one book that covers everything awesomely.
Gail Shaw
Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability
September 10, 2011 at 2:12 am
Kalen Delaney's SQL Server Internals. In depth look across the database engine with plenty of scripts and examples. Solid stuff.
September 10, 2011 at 10:40 am
thnx...
but the book which you have told me...it is not free of cost...
i have to buy it online...
i want a frre book
September 10, 2011 at 11:07 am
Of course it's not free. Books cost money to make and print, not to mention the authors do like getting paid.
If you want free there are lots of blogs and articles available. They're usually on specific areas, so you'll have to do lots of reading.
Gail Shaw
Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability
September 10, 2011 at 1:32 pm
nikk_Stone (9/10/2011)
thnx...but the book which you have told me...it is not free of cost...
i have to buy it online...
i want a frre book
Well, do you want the BEST book, or a FREE book? You get what you pay for. Kalen's book has got to be if not THE BEST, then on a very short list of being so. (And if you know anything about some of the key players behind SQL Server, take a look at the co-authors of that book. IMO, absolutely THE BEST book available.)
Wayne
Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server 2008
Author - SQL Server T-SQL Recipes
September 10, 2011 at 1:56 pm
matt.bowler (9/10/2011)
Kalen Delaney's SQL Server Internals. In depth look across the database engine with plenty of scripts and examples. Solid stuff.
I agree with you!!! really it's very good book!!!! I have one!!
sometime, it's necessary to pay by something that worth!! and this book is worth!!!
September 10, 2011 at 2:28 pm
nikk,
nikk_Stone (9/10/2011)
it is not free of cost... i have to buy it online...
Good books are cheap. Independent on its price, the knowledge it will give you is priceless ;-). It can make you faster or more accurate in your work, it will help you to write more efficient SQL, ... . Apart from the great technical stuff, it will show you how other people go on new requirements and that can show you new general approaches for yourself.
Most of us paid hundreds (thousands?) of €/$/? for books to become better and most always got their list of to-reads. It's part of our business to keep on learning and studying and paying some bucks for this. However, that's still nothing compared to other industries where people need power tools or trucks to be able to do their job.
i want a frre book
Even if you find a free of charge book it wont be "free". It costs your time to study and test (and test and test...) and that's usually much more expensive than the price of a book would be. Problem is, if you find a free book that is crap you will end up with a waste your time.
Greets
Flo
September 10, 2011 at 5:01 pm
I agree to the comments mentioned above. However if you really need some books to enhance your existing knowledge, http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Books/ has some free downloadable books.
September 10, 2011 at 5:21 pm
We have free books here at SQLServerCentral, but those are only on limited topics.
However the cost of a book, US $50, is not much for your career. If you are looking to learn more in technology, you ought to be willing to invest a bit in yourself. There are lots of good free resources on the internet, and you should use them, but books organize your learning and are good resource for you.
September 10, 2011 at 5:27 pm
Steve Jones - SSC Editor (9/10/2011)
However the cost of a book, US $50, is not much for your career. If you are looking to learn more in technology, you ought to be willing to invest a bit in yourself. There are lots of good free resources on the internet, and you should use them, but books organize your learning and are good resource for you.
I have invested hundreds of dollars on books to enhance my career (I've also spent money on nice clothes to attend interviews, and thousand on my degree and diploma) - apart from some questionabe tie choices I haven't regreted a penny of it.
I believe that you have to invest in yourself and you career - time, effort and money. If a business can see that you are willing to make this investment the they will be willing to make an investment in you. I'm getting to that stage with my current employer - if I walk into my boss's office and point out a book or resource that I think will be useful he listens. My employer paid for the last book I bought 🙂
September 12, 2011 at 5:47 am
nikk_Stone (9/10/2011)
thnx...but the book which you have told me...it is not free of cost...
i have to buy it online...
i want a frre book
There are some free books out there. But, what you're going to see is that the free books are focused on a single topic. Want to learn about Execution Plans? I wrote a book on that. A friend of mine wrote a book on Dynamic Management Objects that I think you can get a free copy of. Another friend wrote a book on the Profiler. See the pattern? I don't know of any general books, let alone general and comprehensive, that are also free. You're going to have to pony up the cash, sorry.
A few that I like, Kalen's book, absolutely. Ross Mistry's SQL Server 2008 Management and Administration, Itzik Ben-Gan's Inside TSQL Querying... those are great books. If you need something with a lot more basics, I wrote a book with Rob Walters & Carmen Taglienti called "SQL Server 2008 Administration." But... all these are books you have to pay for.
"The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood"
- Theodore Roosevelt
Author of:
SQL Server Execution Plans
SQL Server Query Performance Tuning
September 14, 2011 at 4:43 am
+1 for Itzik Gen-Gan's Inside SQL Server T-SQL Querying. This book helped me loads, and still does.
His "Inside SQL Server T-SQL Programming" is very good too.
March 17, 2012 at 2:09 pm
Hi,
I am looking for T-sql Best book which contains best practical examples for developer. The Kalen Delaney book "SQL Server 2008 Internal" contains most of DBA parts.
Please suggest.
Regards,
Rino 🙂
March 17, 2012 at 2:12 pm
Hi,
I am looking for T-sql Best book which contains best practical examples for developer. The Kalen Delaney book "SQL Server 2008 Internal" contains most of DBA parts.
Please suggest.
Regards,
Rino 🙂
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