The Guru's Guide to SQL Server Architecture and Internals helps SQL Server power users manage their complex enterprise systems. This valuable reference manual goes far beyond the product's base ...

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Every professional programmer (and DBA) should have a library of books on SQL fundamentals. There are many SQL titles to choose from, and a lot of them are very good. But this month's column will ...

Especially in the second edition, it has been fully updated for MySQL 8, and after reading it, you will feel that this is not just a book; it is more like a practical manual that helps you truly ...

My motivation also is to stop carrying so many heavy books on long trips. The airlines’ 50lb limit on my checked luggage is just too close these days. I can download my training manuals for my classes ...

Just a few days ago Eric Ligman, Microsoft’s director of partner experience, posted a massive list of free e-books from Microsoft on programming everything Redmondish. It’s a potential treasure trove ...

I'm looking for recommendations of good books to use learning Transact-SQL for MS SQL Server 2000. I'd go for ORA's Programming Transact-SQL, but it looks like it hasn't been updated for SQL Server ...

I learn best, as most people probably do, by doing. I’m trying to learn PL/SQL as best as I can. At work we have both Oracle and Microsoft databases, but I can only play around with them so much. So ...

If you want to really enjoy reading a technical book or learning a new computer skill set, you just have to check out O’Reilly’s “Head First” series. These books fully earn their “brain-friendly” ...