Best books for SQL Server / database design.

Question

I have some really good books for SQL Server, like:

• SQL Server 2008 Bible
• Pro SQL Server 2008 - Relational Database Design and Implementation
• SQL Server 2008 for Developers.

Can you suggest/recommend some other titles, that may address other topics perhaps, that you found truly useful?

Answer 1

I recently purchased the excellent SQL Server MVP Deep Dives. It covers a wide range of topics for both DBAs and Developers.

Answer 2

The O'Reilly book, SQL Tuning is a terribly boring read but it's a really, really good book in terms of its information content. I don't think anything I've ever read about SQL has helped me understand SQL as a programmer as much as that book. Seriously, it helped me squeeze huge amounts of performance out of a lot of queries in a serious large-scale web application, letting me do things that I had literally thought to be completely impractical in SQL and do them faster than what I'd been doing in the Java server code.

Answer 3

I did a research and below I present some SQL/SQL Server/database design books (the links refer to amazon.com) I really liked:

• SQL Server 2008 Bible
• Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Internals (Pro - Developer)
• SQL Tuning
• The Art of SQL
• SQL Server MVP Deep Dives
• SQL Cookbook
• Delivering Business Intelligence with Microsoft SQL Server 2008
• Beginning SQL Queries: From Novice to Professional
• Data Analysis Using SQL and Excel
• Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Management and Administration

Answer 4

I read 4-5 books, wheneven new version comes i purshase new book. But every book also teach the same thing , i like to read this kind books new features only. during that search

following books helped me

SQL Server 2005 new features - just only explains new features. And when i search to learn advanced topics i got, SQL Server Secret Diary

It is really amazing, it teaches 77 secrets for SQL Server 2008 and 2005.