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Excellent Free Ebooks from RedGate

belle — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 06:39:25 +0000

Excellent Free Ebooks from RedGate SQL Server eBook Selection 1. Protecting SQL Server Data by John Magnabosco 2. The Art of High Performance SQL by Grant Fritchey 3. The Art of XSD by Jacob Sebastian 4. Two Minute SQL Server Stumpers Vol. 5 DBA Ebooks Bundle 1. Mastering SQL Server Profiler 2. Brad’s Sure Guide [...]

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Free PowerShell Ebook (Mastering PowerShell) from PowerShell.com

belle — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 06:36:59 +0000

If you have the slightest interest in PowerShell, and you’re keen on learning more about it, I strongly recommend you download this book: Mastering PowerShell (from PowerShell.com and written by Dr. Tobias Weltner) It is an awesome, well written 567 page book that covers PowerShell through and through. Here are the chapters: The PowerShell Console [...]

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Have You Downloaded the Free MS Press SQL Server 2008 Ebook Yet?

belle — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 04:36:07 +0000

… written by one of our cool DevTeach speakers Peter de Betta? Yup, it’s a free MS Press Ebook on SQL Server 2008. What else can we SQL Server junkies ask for? (Ok, fine I said that too soon, there’s probably still a fair bit of stuff we want out of SQL Server). Anyway, this [...]

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SQL Server XML Red Gate Ebook, XQuery Labs

belle — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 02:35:09 +0000

Jacob Sebastian is a SQL Server XML Guru! Check out his collection for XQUery Labs. This is the first 12 of his series, and right now he has 43 and counting: XQuery Sample Scripts * XQuery Lab 1 – Transforming rows to columns * XQuery Lab 2 – An example using OUTER APPLY * XQuery [...]

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RedGate Free Ebook: Mastering SQL Server Profiler

belle — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 09:10:51 +0000

RedGate through PACKT Publishing has released yet another valuable free book. Mastering SQL Server Profiler is Volume 2 of the High Performance SQL Series, and is authored by Brad McGehee. Copy can be downloaded from here: http://www.red-gate.com/products/SQL_Response/offers/Mastering%20Profiler%20eBook.pdf Share : No related posts.

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SQL Server Scalability etc – Free Ebooks

belle — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 08:40:00 +0000

RealTimePublishers has a whole bunch of free ebooks: Database The Definitive Guide to Scaling Out SQL Server 2005 The Definitive Guide to Scaling Out SQL Server 2000 The Essentials Series: Optimizing Database Connection Performance The Shortcut Guide to SQL Server Infrastructure Optimization Few other ones that might be of interest: The Administrator Shortcut Guide [...]

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Free SQL Server Ebooks/Resources

belle — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 01:12:50 +0000

Free ebooks Grab them while they’re free. (BTW, I purchased Grant Fritchey’s ebook, now RedGate is offering it for free) SQL Server 2008 MS Press Free Ebook http://csna01.libredigital.com/?urss1q2we6 How to Become an Exceptional DBA http://www.red-gate.com/products/sql_backup/offers/brad_exceptional_dba_ebook.htm Best of SQL Server Central https://www.red-gate.com/Dynamic/Downloads/DownloadForm.aspx?download=ebook1 Brad’s Sure Guide to SQL Server 2008 http://www.red-gate.com/specials/ToolbeltBradsure.htm?utm_source=ssc&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Bradsure-080925&utm_campaign=sqltoolbelt Brad’s Sure DBA Checklist http://www.simple-talk.com/sql/database-administration/brads-sure-dba-checklist/ RedGate’s [...]

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SQL Server 2008 Jumpstart and other resources

belle — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 22:07:51 +0000

Just a short compilation of SQL Server 2008 resources (white papers, ebooks, videos, blogs) Blog Posts Upgrading to SQL Server 2008 http://glennberrysqlperformance.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!45041418ECCAA960!1019.entry 10 Reasons Why SQL Server 2008 Is Going to Rock http://angryhacker.com/blog/archive/2008/06/20/10-reasons-why-sql-server-2008-is-going-to-rock.aspx The SQL Server 2008 Status Bar Custom Colors (why it’s not trivial!) http://blog.jemm.net/2008/08/12/sql-server-2008-management-studio-tip-status-bar-custom-colors/ Notification Services Support in SQL Server 2008 http://weblogs.sqlteam.com/joew/archive/2008/09/10/60708.aspx Additional [...]

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