I received this book on a Friday. I started reading it Friday evening. Finished it Sunday noon. To start with, I am not a DBMS. More of a Network Administrator for a City in Florida. I had used SQL on an Informix Relational Database for our GL package. The city needed to create 2 SQL Servers. One for the Police and other for GIS. I had more questions then answers before I bought this book. A few were: What flavor of SQL should I use with my IBM 345 Dual Xeon Servers (4 Gig Memory)? What will each support, and what kind of bang for the buck will I reap from the one I pick. What about upward migration? Can I use Visual Basic or VB Express to create and maintain the DB? How can I link the data I require to the Web? This book answered every question I had, and enabled me to make the right decisions for not only now but the future. Wow was I glad I spent the weekend reading this. Saved me countless days in getting have true information from others. When you solely count on others to give you the information, you have to look at their situation, and their reason for answering your questions. Maybe they just want to sell you something you don't need. So, a long story short.... If you have any thought about needing a SQL RDMS (Relational DatabaseManagement System).... and you are unsure of what flavor you want to put on a box, and what OS you want, BUY THIS BOOK. If you have questions that this book doesn't answer... I'd be surprised. Good Luck and hope this helps you.Read full review
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