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Re: SQL server 2008 doc in PDF available ?

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From	Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>
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Date	Thu, 09 Jun 2011 23:42:05 +0200
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Gene Wirchenko (genew@ocis.net) writes:
>      I do not find Books Online to be manageable.  I can reliably only
> find individual commands.

Yes, that amount of information is difficult to manage in any format.
But at least Books Online has search functions and an index, which goes
beyond what a plain PDF could offer.

-- 
Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, esquel@sommarskog.se

Links for SQL Server Books Online:
SQL 2008: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/cc514207.aspx
SQL 2005: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/bb895970.aspx

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  Re: SQL server 2008 doc in PDF available ? "Bob Barrows" <reb01501@NOyahooSPAM.com> - 2011-06-08 15:10 -0400
    Re: SQL server 2008 doc in PDF available ? Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2011-06-08 12:28 -0700
      Re: SQL server 2008 doc in PDF available ? Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se> - 2011-06-08 23:20 +0200
        Re: SQL server 2008 doc in PDF available ? Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2011-06-08 19:20 -0700
          Re: SQL server 2008 doc in PDF available ? Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se> - 2011-06-09 23:42 +0200
            Re: SQL server 2008 doc in PDF available ? Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2011-06-09 18:42 -0700

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