Bookstore

Welcome to the official SQL University Bookstore! Here we’ll be listing a collection of SQL books that administrators around the globe keep on their shelves or just generally highly recommend. If there’s a text you would like to see introduced into the bookstore leave your recommendation in the comments section below. This page will be updated as often as possible to keep current.

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exceptionaldba
How to Become an Exceptional DBA, 2nd Edition

by Brad M McGehee (Author), Tony Davis (Editor)

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mvpDD
SQL Server MVP Deep Dives

by Paul Nielsen (Author), Kalen Delaney (Author), Adam Machanic (Author), Kimberly Tripp (Author), Paul Randal (Author), Greg Low (Author)

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2008Internals
Microsoft® SQL Server® 2008 Internals (Pro – Developer)

by Kalen Delaney (Author) , Paul S. Randal (Author), Kimberly L. Tripp (Author), Conor Cunningham (Author), Adam Machanic (Author)

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sqlinternals
Professional SQL Server 2008 Internals and Troubleshooting (Paperback)

Christian Bolton(Author), Justin Langford(Author), Brent Ozar(Author), James Rowland-Jones(Author), Steven Wort(Author)

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rockstar
DBA Survivor: Become a Rock Star DBA (Paperback)

Thomas LaRock(Author)

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Pro SQL Server 2008 Policy-Based Management (Paperback)

Ken Simmons(Author)

Colin Stasiuk (Author)

Jorge Segarra (Author)

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tsqlquerying
Inside Microsoft® SQL Server® 2008: T-SQL Querying

by Itzik Ben-Gan (Author),Lubor Kollar(Author), Dejan Sarka (Author), Steve Kass (Author)

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tuningdistilled
SQL Server 2008 Query Performance Tuning Distilled (Expert’s Voice in SQL Server)

by Grant Fritchey (Author) , Sajal Dam (Author)

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expertsqldev2005
Expert SQL Server 2005 Development

by Adam Machanic (Author) ,Hugo Kornelis (Author) ,Lara Rubbelke (Author)

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sql2008pocketconsult
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Administrator’s Pocket Consultant

by William R. Stanek (Author)

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rodcolledgeadmininaction
SQL Server 2008 Administration in Action

by Rod Colledge (Author)

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relationaldesigns2008
Pro SQL Server 2008 Relational Database Design and Implementation

by Louis Davidson (Author), Kevin Kline (Author), Scott Klein (Author), Kurt Windisch (Author)

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wroxprosqladmin
Professional Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Administration

by Brian Knight (Author) , Ketan Patel (Author), Wayne Snyder (Author), Ross LoForte (Author), Steven Wort(Author)

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executionplans
SQL Server Execution Plans

by Grant Fritchey (Author)

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forensicanalysis
SQL Server Forensic Analysis

by Kevvie Fowler (Author)

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sql2008mgtandadmin
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Management and Administration

by Ross Mistry (Author)

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ssisprobdessol
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Integration Services Problem-Design-Solution

by Erik Veerman (Author), Jessica M. Moss (Author), Brian Knight (Author), Jay Hackney (Author)

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  • http://sqlblog.com Adam Machanic

    I can’t tell you what to put on your bookshelf but if you already own “Expert SQL Server 2005 Development” there is probably no reason to buy the 2008 book. From what I’ve been told the new author is doing only a light update on most of the topics, updating the product name from “2005″ to “2008″. There will be a new chapter on spatial data, but that topic is too big for a single chapter anyway so I don’t think it will be especially valuable. Grab the 2005 edition instead–almost 100% of the material still applies to 2008 (everything but spatial), and you can probably get it at a steep discount compared with the brand new 2008 edition.

  • http://sqlchicken.blogspot.com Jorge Segarra

    Cool, thanks for that tip Adam!