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Title: Learning SQL Server 2005
Review: 'Programming SQL Server 2005' by Bill Hamilton is a nice book, but the title is a bit misleading (in a sense). When it says '2005', this books MEANS 2005. For a book that says "Programming" in the title, I would expect a thorough examination of discussing the old AND new of SQL Server, but this text decides to focus on the new gadgets and abilities that the 2005 generation provides, without focussing specifically on the existing programming features/abilities.At nearly 600 pages this book sounds like it's a good amount of material, but for any book that says programming and with a topic so diverse, I would expect more.If you are looking to find out more about what SQL Server 2005 provides, create some applications that talk to your database server using the Visual Studio 2005 suite and get up to speed, this is a nice resource, but I cannot give it 5 stars as it just doesn't jump off the page for me like I would have hoped.**** RECOMMENDED
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