The Guru's Guide to SQL Server Architecture and Internals


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bull; Contains the most depth and breadth of coverage of any book on SQL Server architecture, internals, and tuning bull; Will be a key reference for anyone working with SQL Server, no matter what their skill level bull; The latest book in the bestselling series of Guru's Guides from Ken Henderson




Inside Microsoft SQL Server 2000


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Included on two CD-ROMs are a 120 day evaluation copy of Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition, a searchable electronic copy of the book, sample scripts, white papers and articles and tools and utilities.




The Administrator's Guide to SharePoint Portal Server 2001


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This is the most thorough guide available to SharePoint's Portal Server, the newest of Microsoft's Enterprise Servers.




Transact-SQL User-defined Functions


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First part of this book describes UDF's and the second part emphasizes system UDF's.




Using XML with Legacy Business Applications


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Annotation This resource for technical end users and developers describes an approach to data conversion using Java and C++ that is open, nonproprietary, standards-based, and portable. IT consultant Rawlins offers a tool kit of techniques and utilities for performing common enterprise application integration (EAI), business-to-business (B2B) or electronic data interchange (EDI) data conversion operations using XML. The techniques are illustrated through the building of converters for legacy formats. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)




Building Portals, Intranets, and Corporate Web Sites Using Microsoft Servers


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& bull; Corporate Web portals are increasingly common, providing employees and customers with one easy to use online access point & lt;br/ & gt; & bull; Provides a high level yet practical overview of the concepts, technologies, and products used in building successful portals




The Guru's Guide to Transact-SQL


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A book/CD-ROM guide to mastering Microsoft Transact-SQL and developing the best possible code. Some 600 code examples not only illustrate important concepts and best practices, but also provide working Transact-SQL code that can be incorporated into real-world DBMS applications. Begins by explaining language fundamentals such as database and table creation, then moves on to advanced topics such as OLE automation. The CD-ROM contains a set of code examples from the book plus a SQL programming environment. Henderson is a nationally recognized consultant and leading DBMS practitioner. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR




A First Look at ADO. NET and System. XML V. 2. 0


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Version 2.0 of the .NET Framework will offer powerful enhancements to ADO.NET that will give application and service developers unprecedented control over their data. In A First Look at ADO.NET and System.Xml v. 2.0, Microsoft's lead program manager on XML technologies joins with two leading .NET and XML experts to present a comprehensive preview of tomorrow's ADO.NET and System.Xml classes. Drawing on the first .NET Framework 2.0 Technology Preview Release, the authors introduce powerful new techniques for simplifying development, enhancing flexibility, and leveraging .NET's new support for emerging XML standards. They also preview important new synergies between .NET Framework 2.0, XML, and the next version of SQL Server (code-named Yukon). This book's detailed coverage includes: Clear explanations of Microsoft's data-access intentions and directions--so you'll be ready when .NET 2.0 arrives A brief overview of ObjectSpaces--the exciting new technology for using objects that represent and hold their own dataMajor improvements in bulk loading, batch execution, and paging Support for truly asynchronous connection and command operationsIn-process server-side cursors for programmat




Inside Active Directory


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Inequality in Education: Comparative and International Perspectives is a compilation of conceptual chapters and national case studies that includes a series of methods for measuring education inequalities. The book provides up-to-date scholarly research on global trends in the distribution of formal schooling in national populations. It also offers a strategic comparative and international education policy statement on recent shifts in education inequality, and new approaches to explore, develop and improve comparative education and policy research globally. Contributing authors examine how education as a process interacts with government finance policy to form patterns of access to education services. In addition to case perspectives from 18 countries across six geographic regions, the volume includes six conceptual chapters on topics that influence education inequality, such as gender, disability, language and economics, and a summary chapter that presents new evidence on the pernicious consequences of inequality in the distribution of education. The book offers (1) a better and more holistic understanding of ways to measure education inequalities; and (2) strategies for facing the challenge of inequality in education in the processes of policy formation, planning and implementation at the local, regional, national and global levels.