There’s a ton of SQL Server books out there to help get you started on the road to becoming a database administrator. We’re going to start at the start of your career, and go forward.
| Beginners |
Expert Users |
Performance Tuners |
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| Production Database Administration: Backups, restores, installing SQL, clustering, security. |
SQL 2008: SQL Server 2008 Administration in ActionSQL 2005: Professional SQL 2005 Administration |
SQL 2008: SQL Server 2008 Management and Administration All Versions: |
SQL 2008: SQL Server 2008 Internals and Troubleshooting (Brent coauthored this)SQL 2005: Inside SQL 2005: The Storage Engine and Professional SQL Server 2005 Performance Tuning |
| T-SQL Development: Stored procedures, queries, views, triggers. |
SQL 2008: SQL Server 2008 T-SQL Fundamentals |
SQL 2008: Inside SQL 2008 T-SQL QueryingSQL 2005: Inside SQL 2005 T-SQL Querying SQL Server, Oracle, and MySQL: |
SQL 2008: SQL Server 2008 Query Performance Tuning DistilledSQL 2005: Same book as 2008. Almost everything applies. |
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