May 2010
Intermediate to advanced
815 pages
21h 55m
English
SQL Server has shipped with the most exhaustive online help system of any Microsoft product for several versions now. The online help is called Books Online, and it can be installed from the distribution media (CD or DVD) or it can be downloaded and installed separately. If you search for SQL Server 2008 Books Online download at Google.com, the first search result link is usually the newest version waiting for download.
Make sure you download the latest version. Books Online may be updated several times during the life of a given version. For example, at the time of this writing, the most recent version of the SQL Server 2005 Books Online was November 2008 and the SQL Server 2000 Books Online had been updated as recently as July ...