* First book to provide comprehensive, deeply practical coverage on all major new SS2005 features.

Lead author (Tom Rizzo) is a key member of the SQL Server team at Microsoft and a respected author and blogger.

Gets the DBA and developer up and running with SS2005 in the fastest possible time.

The facts, not the evangelism.

Robin Dewson has been hooked on programming ever since he bought his first computer, a Sinclair ZX80, in 1980. He has been working with SQL Server since version 6.5 and Visual Basic since version 5. Robin is a consultant mainly in the city of London, where he has been for nearly eight years. He also has been developing a rugby-related website as well as maintaining his own site at Fat-Belly.com.

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