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| From | Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.databases.ms-sqlserver |
| Subject | Re: SQL server 2008 doc in PDF available ? |
| Date | 2011-06-09 18:42 -0700 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <fht2v6dalhejjmh57nu2hralj6ehogtalb@4ax.com> (permalink) |
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On Thu, 09 Jun 2011 23:42:05 +0200, Erland Sommarskog
<esquel@sommarskog.se> wrote:
>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.
One thing that a book has that on-line documentation does not (at
least, not usually) is an order. I can keep flipping pages and
eventually get everything. With on-line documentation, there is
always the possibility of missing whole sections.
Sincerely,
Gene Wirchenko
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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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