sql 2008 Books
I don’t feel competent enough for full reviews but here are my high level view’s of some of the current SQL 2008 books on the market that I have read. (all links go to Amazon)
First though, about myself. I come from a system engineering background not a programming background so I’m sure I bias in that direction
The first 2008 The first 2008 book I read was Itzik Ben-gan’s Microsoft® SQL Server® 2008 T-SQL Fundamentals -I really enjoy Itzik’s books and this is no disapointment, some books miss a basic learning fundamental of not building on previous lessons. This is definately not the case. A great book, an enjoyable read, great as a reference to. I definately reccomend
The next book I was Professional Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Administration by by Brian Knight (Author), Ketan Patel (Author), Wayne Snyder (Author), Ross LoForte (Author), Steven Wort (Author)
This has to be one of the best SQL server books I have read. A great read, goes into a good depth. I have bookmarks all through this book and find myself constantly refering back to it. A must have in my opinion.
I haven’t gone into much detail and my opinion doesn’t really count for anything, but here you are my two cents.
I am currently reading Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Management and Administration – then I have SQL Server Forensic Analysis on my shelf, not to mention the books I have preordered from amazon 
