What reference book should every DBA/Dev have?

Can be a focused topic like tuning or cover all levels of SQL experience.

asked Oct 22 '09 at 03:28 AM in Default

iamgoat
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SQL Server 2008 Internals by Kalen Delaney

My review is at: http://msmvps.com/blogs/robfarley/archive/2009/06/13/a-review-sql-server-2008-internals.aspx

answered Oct 22 '09 at 03:55 AM

Rob Farley
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SQL Server MVP Deep Dives. All the money goes to charity.

http://sqlservermvpdeepdives.com

answered Oct 22 '09 at 03:59 AM

Rob Farley
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This is a good book as a worth cause, but I have found the quality, and depth, of the articles to vary widely.

Jun 30 '10 at 10:06 AM Steve Jones - Editor ♦♦

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You can't go past the late, great Ken Henderson

http://www.amazon.com/Ken-Henderson/e/B001IOFJL2

answered Oct 22 '09 at 04:09 AM

Rob Farley
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Inside T-SQL Querying by Itzik Ben Gan

http://www.amazon.com/Inside-Microsoft%C2%AE-SQL-Server%C2%AE-2008/dp/0735626030/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1256209628&sr=8-1

answered Oct 22 '09 at 08:07 AM

Grant Fritchey ♦♦
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I like all books from Itzik Ben Gan

Oct 22 '09 at 09:19 AM Håkan Winther

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All books mentioned are great..I have almost them. But I can not forget that two for me are fantastic. One is old but I hold very dear and do not know how I lived with SQL Server before it: the Kalen Delaney's "Inside SQL Server 2000". The other is a milestone in the routine management database, change the way you work, to see and understand your profession.. is Brad McGehee's "How to Became an Exceptional DBA"

answered Nov 12 '09 at 06:56 PM