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Title: A collection of old code snippets
Review: What this book is is a collection of old scripts. That's why, I think, most of the book targets old versions of SQL Server. Some of the code works on Sybase, some works on Microsoft, but frequently the authors don't tell you which. Moreover, much of the code doesn't work on SQL Server 7.0 and later, yet the authors fail to mention this. Version 7.0 is covered near the end of the book in an appendix. For learning modern Transact-SQL, this book is a real loser.
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