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Title: Needs about a pound of wrinkle cream
Review: I bought this O'Reilly title because I've had good luck with O'Reilly titles before. The Nutshell series is particularly good. This one, however, is a real disappointment. First, it's focused entirely on old versions of SQL Server. Version 7.0 has been out long enough that this is inexcusable. Second, it recommends poor techniques. A book like this should *only* recommend ANSI outer joins -- old-style outer joins can return incorrect results. Third, the book is deceiving. The cover says it covers version 7.0, but 7.0 has been relegated to an appendix and the coverage there isn't very good. If you need an up-to-date, comprehensive t-sql reference, don't get this book.
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