Microsoft SQL Server 2008 a Beginner's Guide 4/E

This is a very good book for a beginners...It clearly explains the concepts and have enough excersise to practice. I haven't finished the whole book yet, however, so far I liked it...Thanks,

I have not had the opportunity to sit down and read the material. I was satisfied with the condition.

Mr Petkovic approaches his writing like a skilled and gifted artisan who is confident and has a complete understanding of a very complex subject (SQL Server). Our IT group has used his books in preference to those from Microsoft Press and others for several versions. His chapter layout and content is concise and clear, which is helpful when you need a "Quick Win" on syntax of some related operational question. As always we rate his work with five stars.

If you are new to Microsoft SQL Server and relational databases or have been away from the technology for a while, this book will be very helpful. The author takes time upfront to start you off with the basics of SQL and work his way through most of the functionality in the current version of SQL Server. The examples are simple to understand. I do wish there had been more info on the Spatial Data Types, but that is probably because I am not a beginner on that subject and wanted to dive into more GIS analysis than this book was ready to provide.

Got this book the other night and read the bits and pieces of it I was most interested in. Good introduction but with some depth to it too. I like the idea of the excercises. No coverage of Service Broker than I could find and the coverage of spatial could have been better, but I would give a strong positive recommendation about this title.