Beginning SQL Server 2008 for Developers: From Novice to Professional

Robin Dewson, "Beginning SQL Server 2008 for Developers: From Novice to Professional"
Apress | ISBN-10: 1590599586 | July 24, 2008 | 496 pages | PDF | 14.3MB

SQL Server 2008 is a first–rate database management system. It offers more capability than any previous release of SQL Server. More than just a classic relational database management system, SQL Server 2008 includes exciting and powerful features that make it useful for everything from large corporate data warehouses to ad hoc departmental databases. You’ll find enhanced support for XML, new support for spatial data, transparent data encryption, a policy–based management system, and more.

Author and developer Robin Dewson will show you the way from beginner to SQL Server 2008 professional. Learn to install SQL Server 2008 and navigate around Management Studio before getting right to the heart of mastering fundamental SQL Server 2008 tasks: creating tables, storing data, securing data, and retrieving it again. Dewson ensures you’ll be fully prepared to use all the basics and create a solid foundation for your own projects.

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Beginning Ubuntu Linux, Third Edition

Keir Thomas, Jaime Sicam, "Beginning Ubuntu Linux, Third Edition"
Apress | ISBN-10: 1590599918 | June 24, 2008 | 768 pages | PDF | 28MB

Beginning Ubuntu Linux, the award–winning and best–selling Ubuntu book for beginners, is now in its third edition, presenting readers with an up–to–the–minute introduction to the world of Linux and the open source community. A detailed overview of Ubuntu’s installation and configuration process encourages you to take the plunge and switch to Linux, and from there you’ll learn how to wield total control over your newly installed operating system. Guided through the most commonly desired tasks such as printer configuration, listening to audio CDs and MP3s, watching movies, performing office and Internet–related tasks, as well as general system maintenance matters, authors Keir Thomas and Jaime Sicam will soon have you using and enjoying Ubuntu Linux and never looking back.

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Beginning DB2: From Novice to Professional

Grant Allen “Beginning DB2: From Novice to Professional"
Apress | 2008-08-11 | ISBN: 159059942X | 544 pages | PDF | 10.4 MB

IBM’s DB2 Express Edition is one of the most capable of the free database platforms available in today’s marketplace. In Beginning DB2, author Grant Allen gets you started using DB2 Express Edition for web sites, desktop applications, and more. The author covers the basics of DB2 for developers and database administrators, shows you how to manage data in both XML and relational form, and includes numerous code examples so that you are never in doubt as to how things work.

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