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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://sqlblog.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Search results matching tags 'sql', 'BI', and 'Charity'</title><link>http://sqlblog.com/search/SearchResults.aspx?o=DateDescending&amp;tag=sql,BI,Charity&amp;orTags=0</link><description>Search results matching tags 'sql', 'BI', and 'Charity'</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.1 SP2 (Build: 61129.1)</generator><item><title>&amp;quot;SQL Server MVP Deep Dives&amp;quot; Book Available for Early Access/Pre-Orders</title><link>http://sqlblog.com/blogs/michael_coles/archive/2009/09/16/sql-server-mvp-deep-dives-book-available-for-early-access-pre-orders.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 00:21:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">21093a07-8b3d-42db-8cbf-3350fcbf5496:16825</guid><dc:creator>Mike C</dc:creator><description>&lt;P&gt;The MVP authored book, &lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;EM&gt;SQL Server MVP Deep Dives&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt; is now available for early access and pre-orders at &lt;A href="http://manning.com/nielsen/"&gt;http://manning.com/nielsen/&lt;/A&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;The book is divided into 5 sections that cover everything from building a proper relational database to developing BI solutions:&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;1. Database Design and Architecture &lt;BR&gt;2. Database Development &lt;BR&gt;3. Database Administration &lt;BR&gt;4. Performance Tuning and Optimization&lt;BR&gt;5. BI Development&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;This book covers a lot of ground with a lot of expert tour guides. Weighing in at 850 pages, it was written, tech-reviewed and edited by dozens of&amp;nbsp;Microsoft MVPs with intimate knowledge of SQL Server.&amp;nbsp; The contributor list includes some of the biggest names in SQL Server: Paul Nielsen, Adam Machanic, Kalen Delaney, Itzik Ben-Gan, Aaron Bertrand, Hugo Kornelis, John Paul Cook, and several others.&amp;nbsp; For me getting a copy of this book will be like getting the opportunity to pick the brains of some of the most knowledgable folks in the industry on a wide variety of topics.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;This is already one of my favorite books that I've had the chance to contribute to (I wrote a couple of chapters discussing on SQL Server XML in general and SQL Server XQuery specifically) because all of the royalties go to a charity that helps children who are war victims!&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;So go get the book, learn what the pros know, and do your good deed for the day -- all at the same time!&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;You can get more info on &lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;EM&gt;SQL Server MVP Deep Dives&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt; at Manning Publications: &lt;A href="http://manning.com/nielsen/"&gt;http://manning.com/nielsen/&lt;/A&gt;&amp;nbsp;and at Amazon&amp;nbsp;&lt;A href="http://www.amazon.com/SQL-Server-MVP-Deep-Dives/dp/1935182048/"&gt;http://www.amazon.com/SQL-Server-MVP-Deep-Dives/dp/1935182048/&lt;/A&gt;.&lt;/P&gt;
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