Appendix Suggested Resources
The following is a list of resources that you may find useful in enhancing your knowledge of SQL Server, Transact-SQL, and SQL in general. The list is divided into two groups: Books and Internet Resources.
I owe a great debt to the many wonderful SQL books out there. Here are a few I’ve found particularly useful in my work:
Bjeletich, Sharon and Greg Mable, et al. 1999. Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 Unleashed. Sams Publishing. ISBN: 0-672-31227-1.
Celko, Joe. 1999. Joe Celko’s Data & Databases: Concepts in Practice. Morgan Kaufmann Publishers. ISBN: 1-55860-432-4.
Celko, Joe. 1997. Joe Celko’s SQL Puzzles & Answers. Morgan Kaufmann Publishers. ISBN: 1-55860-453-7.
Celko, Joe. 1995. Joe Celko’s SQL for Smarties. Morgan Kaufmann Publishers. ISBN: 1-55860-323-9.
Date, C. J. 1994. An Introduction to Database Systems. Addison-Wesley. ISBN: 0-201-38590-2.
Date, C. J. with Hugh Darwen. 1993. A Guide to the SQL Standard. Addison-Wesley. ISBN: 0-201-96426-0.
Groff, James R. and Paul N. Weinberg. 1999. SQL (The Complete Reference). Osborne. ISBN: 0-07211845-8.
Kline, Kevin, Lee Gould, and Andrew Zanevsky. 1999. Transact-SQL Programming. O’Reilly & Associates. ISBN: 1-56592-401-0.
Melton, Jim and Alan R. Simon. 1993. Understanding the new SQL: A Complete Guide. Morgan Kaufmann Publishers. ISBN: 1-55860245-3.
Rozenshtein, David, Anatoly Abramovich, and Eugene Birger. 1995. Optimizing Transact-SQL: Advanced Programming Techniques. SQL Forum Press. ISBN: 0-9649812-0-3.
Solomon, David and Ray Rankins, et al. 1996. Microsoft SQL Server 6.5 Unleashed. Sams Publishing. ISBN: 0-672-30956-4.
Soukup, Ron. 1997. Inside Microsoft SQL Server 6.5. Microsoft Press. ISBN: 1-57231-331-5.
Soukup, Ron and Kalen Delaney. 1999. Inside Microsoft SQL Server 7.0. Microsoft Press. ISBN: 0-7356-0517-3.
