Microsoft SQL Server 6.5 Unleashed, with CD-ROM

by David S. Solomon and Jeff Steinmetz

A tutorial and reference guide which centres on Microsoft SQL Server 6.5. The book has two aims: to teach the reader how to develop systems with the software; and how to design, plan set-up,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0672309564
• ISBN13: 9780672309564
• Release Date: October 1996
• Publisher: Sams
• Length: 1272 Pages
• Weight: 4.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.0" x 7.3" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Great In-depth knowledge no other book touches.

I read the others Inside SQL Server , SQL Server DBA Survial Guide, Inside SQL Server; but this is heads above the rest. The detailed low level analysis of walking data pages, distribution stats, Query showplan breakdown and Query analysis with trace flags, is awesome ! I only hope that the authors do a true upgrade for SQL 7. (Some of the other books are only paying lip service to the new features and changes in SQL 7.) Easily the best Advanced SQL 6.5 book out there.

Who cares about the CD? The BOOK is a must have

You MUST have this book if you are doing anything with SQL.It may not be perfect. It is hands down the best reference out there.Get Soukup's book too...you'll be ready to rumble.

Great for the DBA just starting out...

I have a problem with computer books in general. I've been in the industry for 16 years, so I don't want a book that I have to read from cover to cover to find out how to do a simple operation. I know enough about databases to know what I want to do, but I use them just often enough to forget how to do it. This book is perfect for me. From new installs, to complex queries, this is the only book I need. Very well done.

Excellent insight into how to maximize SQL Server

SQL 6.5 Unleashed has some great details on how the the db engine works, how to optimize queries along with what to avoid. This should be a definite buy!