July 13, 2009 at 9:31 am
Since no one has suggested any books, I'll toss a couple out there. First off, for T-SQL, I'd suggest Itzik Ben-Gan's "SQL Server 2008 T-SQL Fundamentals." Great place to start. After that, all the Inside SQL Server books are worth reading, although they can get VERY advanced. Ross Mistry has a nice book that focuses on administration, "SQL Server 2008 Management and Administration." Joe Sack's "SQL Server 2008 Transact-SQL Recipies" is good.
Other than that, I'd take everyone else's advice and run with it. When you have specific questions, please come back & post 'em here at SSC.
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July 16, 2009 at 2:16 pm
Find a book by Itzik Ben-Gan. He is a T-Sql genius. He also teaches classes... http://www.solidq.com/ Also, depending on where you live you could try to find a local users group.
August 19, 2009 at 11:02 am
Hi Tyler,
I'd suggest hooking up with some of the dba's at work and ask them what they're working on and have them show you examples and ask them for their scripts. That's how I learned and I'm still learning a lot from this forum. I now develope automated tools and I'm a sql dba so the users really drive what I need to learn. I also mentor a few folks in my department who want to learn more about sql too. In my area there are several technical user groups that meet locally on different topics like programming, asp development, stuff like that, so perhaps maybe that would be an option?
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Michelle 🙂
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