Title: poorly written
Product review: This book covers many SQL Server topics in a fairly detailed fashion. However, the structure is so disorganized and the content so poorly written that the book is essentially unreadable. Topics, such as indexing, triggers and administration are frequently discussed hundreds of pages before they are defined and introduced. As for muddled writing, consider this defintion of a computed column from pg. 153:"A computed column is a column of a table that is used to store the result of a computation of a table's data. The most important property of a computed column is that it does not store computed data."Despite its shortcomings, the book's breadth and surprisingly comprehensive index make it a great reference tool. However, I would not suggest it to anyone as a means of learning SQL Server.
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