Pro SQL Server 2005 Special Edition is for every SQL Server user and programmer. No other single book more comprehensively yet concisely covers the many powerful new features of SQL Server 2005. The Special Edition expands on the original by adding chapters on encryption, full-text search, LINQ, and the ADO.NET 3.0 Entity Data Model, bringing it up to date for .NET 3.5, and making it even more attractive than ever to readers.
Robin Dewson has been hooked on programming ever since he bought his first computer, a Sinclair ZX80, in 1980. He has been working with SQL Server since version 6.5 and Visual Basic since version 5. Robin is a consultant mainly in the city of London, where he has been for nearly eight years. He also has been developing a rugby-related website as well as maintaining his own site at Fat-Belly.com.