Re: Looking for good T-SQL book

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From: Ilya Margolin (ilya_no_spam__at_unapen.com)
Date: 12/03/04


Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2004 08:51:33 -0500

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"Mark Huebner" <news1@IntelligentSoftwareSystems.com> wrote in message
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> I'm looking for a well organized book on Transact SQL and SQL Server 2000
> Programming. I'm especially looking for one that gives a nice tabular,
> short summary of all the commands, functions, variables, etc. organized
into
> categories like data types, operators, Data Definition Language, Data
> Manipulation Language, Data Control Language, system stored procedures,
etc.
> with a reference to the page number where the item is explained in more
> detail. Unfortunately, this command summary seems to be missing from most
> of the books that I have looked at and the few books that had something
like
> this had other problems like having multiple tables split over many pages
or
> having an alphabetical list not broken down into categories or no
reference
> to page numbers. Has anyone found a SQL Server/T-SQL book that is better
> organized? A command summary with reference page numbers is essential for
> me. I need it to help me find commands that I need to use.
>
>



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