Bibliography
SQL Server Resources
Periodicals
SQL Server Magazine
Duke Communications International Inc.
Tel (800) 793-5712
e-mail: subs@sqlmag.com
Web site: www.sqlmag.com
Directions on Microsoft (formerly Microsoft Directions)
Redmond Communications, Inc.
15127 NE 24th, Suite 293
Redmond, WA 98052-5547
Tel (425) 882-3396
Fax (425) 885-0848
e-mail: directions@redcomm.com
Web site: www.redcomm.com
Microsoft Systems Journal
PO Box 56621
Boulder, CO 80322-6621
Tel (800) 666-1084
Fax (303)661-1885
Outside the U.S. call (303) 678-0439
Back issues available call (913) 841-1631
e-mail: msj@neodata.com
Web site: www.microsoft.com/msj/
SQL Forum
40087 Mission Blvd., Suite 167
Fremont, CA 94539
Tel (800) 943-9300
Fax (510)656-5116
e-mail: editor@sqlforum.com
Web site: www.sqlforum.com
Microsoft SQL Server Professional
Pinnacle Publishing, Inc.
PO Box 72255
Marietta, GA 30007-2255
Tel (800) 788-1900
Fax (770)565-8232
International (770)565-1763
e-mail: sqlpro@pinpub.com or custerserv@pinpub.com
Web site: www.pinpub.com/sqlpro/
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Suggested Reading List
General Database Books
Celko, Joe. Joe Celko’s SQL For Smarties: Advanced SQL Programming.
Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, Inc., 1995.
Codd, E. F. The Relational Model for Database Management: Version 2.
Addison-Wesley Publishing Co., 1990.
Date, C. J. An Introduction to Database System Volume 1. Addison-Wesley
Publishing Co., 1990.
Date, C. J. Relational Database: Selected Writings 1985-1989. Addison-Wesley
Publishing Co., 1989.
Elmasri, R. and S. B. Navathe. Fundamentals of Database Systems.
Benjamin/Cummings, 1989.
Gray, Jim and Andreas Reuter. Transaction Processing: Concepts and
Techniques. Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, Inc., 1993.
Khanna, Raman, editor. Distributed Computing, Implementation and
Management Strategies. Prentice Hall, 1994.
Kirkwood, John, editor. Sybase Architecture and Administration. Ellis
Horwood Publishers, 1992.
Korth, Henry K. and Abraham Silberschatz. Database System Concepts.
McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1986.
Shasha, Dennis E. Database Tuning, A Principled Approach. Prentice Hall,
1992.
von Halle, Fleming. Handbook of Relational Database Design. AddisonWesley Publishing Co., 1989.
Microsoft Windows NT Book
Solomon, David A. and Russinovich, Mark E., Inside Microsoft® Windows®
2000, Third Edition.
Structured Query Language Books
Bowman, Judith S., Sandra L. Emerson, and Marcy Darnovsky. The Practical
SQL Handbook: Using Structured Query Language. 2nd Ed. AddisonWesley Publishing Company, 1993.
Celko, Joe. Instant SQL Programming. WROX Press Ltd, 1995.
Celko, Joe. SQL for Smarties: Advanced SQL Programming. Morgan
Kaufmann Publishers, Inc., 1995.
Chappell, David and J. Harvey Trimble, Jr. A Visual Introduction to SQL.
Wiley, 1989.
Date, C. J. and Hugh Darwen. A Guide to the SQL Standard: A User’s Guide to
the Standard Relational Language SQL (3rd Ed.). Addison-Wesley
Publishing Co., 1993.
Hursch, Carolyn J. and Jack L. Hursch. SQL the Structured Query Language.
TAB BOOKS Inc., 1988.
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Melton, Jim and Alan R. Simon. Understanding the New SQL: A Complete
Guide. Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, Inc., 1993.
Pascal, Fabian. SQL and Relational Basics: The Essential Guide to
Understanding and Evaluating SQL Databases. M & T Publishing Co.,
1990.
Van der Lans, Rick F. Introduction to SQL. Addison-Wesley Publishing Co.,
1988.
SQL Server Books
Microsoft SQL Server Training: Hands-On, Self-Paced Training for Microsoft
SQL Server Version 7.0 Microsoft Press, 1998.
Deploying Microsoft SQL Server 7.0, Notes from the Field. Microsoft Press,
1999.
Dalton, Patrick, Microsoft SQL Server Black Book. The Coriolis Group, 1997.
Heng, Tan. The Visual Basic — SQL Server Primer. ETN, 1994.
Pantajja, Jim, Mary Pantajja, and Bruce Prendergast. Microsoft SQL Server
Survival Guide. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 1996.
Rankins, Ray, David Solomon, et al. Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 Unleashed.
SAMS Publishing, 1996.
Schneider, Rob, Microsoft SQL Server:Planning and Building a High
Performance Database. Prentice Hall Computer Books, 1997.
Sledge, Orryn and Mark Spenik. Microsoft SQL Server 6.5 DBA Survival
Guide. SAMS Publishing, 1996.
Soukup, Ron and Delaney, Kalen Inside Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 (Microsoft
Programming Series).Microsoft Press, 1997.
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Suggested Microsoft Official Curriculum
The following courses are Microsoft Official Curriculum for Microsoft
SQL Server.
Instructor Led Training
The following instructor-led courses are available:
Querying Microsoft SQL Server 2000 with Transact-SQL
Course #2071
This course provides students with the technical skills required to write
Transact-SQL queries for Microsoft SQL Server 2000.
Administering a Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Database
Course #2072
This course provides students with the knowledge and skills required to install,
configure, administer, and troubleshoot the client-server database management
system of Microsoft SQL Server 2000.
Programming a Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Database
Course #2073
This course provides students with the technical skills required to program a
database solution by using Microsoft SQL Server 2000.
Designing and Implementing OLAP Solutions Using Microsoft SQL
Server 2000
Course #2074
This course provides students with the knowledge and skills necessary to
design, implement, and deploy OLAP solutions by using Microsoft SQL Server
2000 Analysis Services.
Populating a Data Warehouse with Microsoft SQL Server 2000
Course #2092
This course provides students with the knowledge and skills necessary to design
a data warehouse and to populate data marts by using Data Transformation
Services (DTS) in Microsoft SQL Server 2000.
Using Multi-Dimensional Expressions (MDX) with Microsoft
SQL Server 2000
Course #2093
This course provides students with the knowledge and skills necessary to use
multidimensional expressions (MDX) to add calculated members and other
dynamically calculated values to an Analysis Services cube by using Microsoft
SQL Server 2000.
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Developing Client/Server Applications for Microsoft SQL Server
Course #939
This course will provide technical training for database implementers,
developers, and independent solution vendors who are responsible for
developing client applications for Microsoft® SQL Server™.
Upgrading to Microsoft SQL Server 7.0
Course #1131
This course provides students with the knowledge and skills necessary to
upgrade Microsoft® SQL Server™ installations from versions 6.0 and 6.5 to
version 7.0. It introduces students to the architecture and feature changes from
version 6.5 to version 7.0. It also provides students with the knowledge and
skills to migrate data from other data sources to SQL Server.
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Additional Web Resources
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www.microsoft.com
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www.microsoft.com/backoffice
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Management Server, SNA Server, and Microsoft Mail Server.
www.microsoft.com/sql
The home page to find Microsoft SQL Server information.
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