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10 of 10 found the following review helpful:
 SQL Server specific book Jun 05, 2006
By nicole
I use MSDE at work the last few years and has recently moved to SQL Server express. My biggest gripe about MSDE was that there was no book covering MSDE - all the books with MSDE in its title was covering other editions of SQL Server. I deployed MSDE with my application and the MSDE books were not very helpful.
I like this book because it focusses on SQL Server express. I like the sections specific to sql server express like setup and deployment and recommend this for those who use sql server express with VB.
11 of 12 found the following review helpful:
Good beginner book May 17, 2006
By Josh
"Josh"
I am used to Access, and this book was wonderful to get introduced to and work with SQL Server. Step by step instructions on using sql with Visual Basic helped me a lot. The user interface provided was similar to my usage of access for basic scenarios; ofcourse access ui is more powerful than visual basic's. I would recommend it for a beginning user.
16 of 19 found the following review helpful:
A Beginners Book that doesn't cover SQL. Mar 21, 2006
By John Matlock
"Gunny"
Among other things, Microsoft really likes to change the names of its products. For some years the Access database supplied as part of the Microsoft Office suite has come with two database engines. Originally supplied with the Jet database, Microsoft then began shipping it with a stripped down version of SQL Server, the latest name of which was Microsoft SQL Server Desktop Engine (MSDE).
SQL Server 2005 Express Edition (SSE) is MSDE brought up to date using SQL Server 2005 as the code base rather than SQL Server 2000. Perhaps the most important feature added is the graphical user interface that allows the creation of tables, defining relationships between tables and other simple database applications.
The one point that I would have liked to see in this book is more information, perhaps even a chapter on SQL. Especially in the section on migrating from the Jet database in Access to SSE some comments on the differences between the two SQL's would be very helpful.
For instance, in Access SQL (Jet Engine) you can have JOINs in UPDATE and DELETE statements. In T-SQL you can't. In T-SQL you can have a subquery in the SET clause of UPDATE statements, in the Jet engine you cannot. Finding all these differences is difficult. I'd like to see them in the migrating chapter.
Still, this book is intended for the beginner who is going to use Microsoft's GUI approach for everything, and not SQL. For that purpose it is excellent.
6 of 6 found the following review helpful:
 Expect what the title tells you Mar 16, 2006
By Ivan Pepelnjak
While the book gives you inroads into various options available with SQL Server 2005, it lacks depth in almost all topics covered, but then you would not expect something else from a Starter Kit. Recommended for beginners, if you have some experience, choose another book.
7 of 8 found the following review helpful:
Great introduction Mar 12, 2006
By Fabio Perrone
This book is a great book about SQL Server Express and a great introduction to other versions of SQL Server. In fact, it describes every nuance of SQL Server Express from creating tables, indexes and views to deploying and multi-user scenarios. It fills the gaps of the MSDN about SQL Server Express.
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