Book recommendation for SQL Server 2005 newbie?

• netmikem

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  October 4, 2006 at 1:17 pm

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  Hi. We have a couple of lads joining us in the next few months and they are going to be quite new to SQL Server.

  Can anybody recommend a good introductory book for such a resource? We're using SQL Server 2005.

  Thanks in advance.

• John Nolan

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  October 5, 2006 at 6:14 am

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  Rob Viera's SQL Server 2000 Programming book was excellent so his 2005 book is probably worth a look.

  http://www.amazon.com/Beginning-SQL-Server2005-Programming-Programmer/dp/0764584332/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_b/104-5699322-0952764?ie=UTF8

• Merrill Aldrich

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  October 5, 2006 at 10:19 am

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  Do these lads want to become experts? Or casual users?

  If experts, then I like Celko's books for overview/standards/theory (SQL for Smarties is great) and Itsik Ben-Gan's two Inside SQL Server 2005 books are incredible for the nitty-gritty.