{"id":667,"date":"2005-08-25T04:49:21","date_gmt":"2005-08-25T04:49:21","guid":{"rendered":"\/blogs\/kimberly\/post\/Congratulations-to-Bob-Niels-and-Dan!.aspx"},"modified":"2013-01-02T07:06:44","modified_gmt":"2013-01-02T15:06:44","slug":"congratulations-to-bob-niels-and-dan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/kimberly\/congratulations-to-bob-niels-and-dan\/","title":{"rendered":"Congratulations to Bob, Niels and Dan!"},"content":{"rendered":"

This text is STRAIGHT from SQL Server Magazine’s<\/a> September 2005 Issue: Reader’s Choice Awards<\/a><\/FONT> <\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P>
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A First Look at SQL Server 2005 for Developers<\/A><\/EM><\/SPAN> <\/SPAN>by Bob Beauchemin<\/a>, Niels Berglund<\/a>, and Dan <\/a><\/FONT><\/SPAN>Sullivan<\/a> claimed best-book honors in a highly competitive Readers’ Choice <\/FONT><\/SPAN>category. The book shows working developers how to take full advantage of <\/FONT><\/SPAN>SQL Server 2005’s key<\/FONT><\/o:p><\/SPAN> innovations. Readers get practical explanations of SQL <\/FONT><\/SPAN>Server 2005’s new data model, built-in .NET hosting, SQL-99 compliance, and <\/FONT><\/SPAN>more. Virtually every key concept is illuminated by sample code tested with <\/FONT><\/SPAN>Microsoft’s public beta. Key coverage includes: SQL Server 2005 as .NET <\/FONT><\/SPAN>runtime host, security, reliability, performance, writing procedures, <\/FONT><\/SPAN>functions, and triggers in .NET languages, leveraging T-SQL enhancements, <\/FONT><\/SPAN>the XML data type and XML query languages, SQL Server 2005 as a Web Services <\/FONT><\/SPAN>platform, client-side coding, ADO<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> and ADO.NET enhancements, SQLXML, mapping, <\/FONT><\/SPAN>ObjectSpaces, and using SQL Server 2005’s built-in application server <\/FONT><\/SPAN>capabilities. <\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/P><\/BLOCKQUOTE>
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Congratulations you guys… writing a book is hard enough. Writing a good one is quite an achievement!<\/STRONG><\/SPAN> <\/STRONG><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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