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Several readers have asked us about the differences between the new 2008 versions of our SQL Server books and the previous 2005 editions. The general answer is that we always add extensive coverage of any new features. We also do a thorough housecleaning of the previous edition to make sure content that...

While writing this post about the new Inside Microsoft SQL Server 2008: T-SQL Querying by Itzik Ben-Gan, I emailed the author for a little assistance. Itzik is not only a T-SQL expert, master teacher, and bestselling author, he’s also a wonderful person and friend. Most of the time, he’s traveling the...

As many of you know, William Stanek writes many books for IT Professionals and he is the series editor for Microsoft Press’s Administrator’s Pocket Consultant series. In the spirit of my earlier posts describing positive-review streaks by Dino Esposito and Sayed Hashimi & William Bartholomew , I...