Title: A beginner's book with plenty of the BOL thrown in
Product review: This book is a joke. Many if not most of the chapters contain *nothing* that is not in the BOL or in MSDN. Particularly bad is the replication chapter. Anyone can do screen prints of wizards that prompt you through most of the work. There's abosolutely nothing in this chapter that isn't in the BOL (in fact, there's far less).The other complaint I have is how woefully bad the writing is. Wrox books are known for being the worst in the industry, but this one takes them to new lows. The guy cannot write. The wording is the strangest, most uneven stuff you'll ever see. It's horid. Do yourself a favor and skip this one. There has to be a better publication out there for MS SQL developers. Heck, if nothing else, use the BOL -- it's better than this lame retread.
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