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Title: Decent book, but way out of date
Review: I remember SQL Server 4.2 and 6.5 well enough to know that this was a good book in its time. Problem is, 7.0 has been out for over a year and SQL 2000 is on the horizon. This book is woefully out of date. It queries system tables (in the first place, you shouldn't do that unless absolutely necessary) that don't even exist anymore (e.g., sysprocedures). It uses old-style joins throughout, despite the fact that they've been deprecated by Microsoft, Soukup&Delaney, Henderson, and many others. Last but not least, it *claims* 7.0 coverage, but does not deliver. A perfunctory appendix on 7.0 does not constitute SQL Server 7.0 coverage.
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