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Summary: Great Book
Comment: This book is full of acknowledgement. Step by step teaching of everything related to Report Server 2005.
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Summary: Not for serious developers
Comment: While this book provides a good overview from absolute basics (like how to write sql statements and join tables) to more advanced topics, it does so in a story-telling fashion. In other words, you need to interact with the sample files and step through exercises. This is useless to me. A good reference is way more useful. Like most developers, I need the ability to find a topic in the index and jump to an explanation and some sample code. I don't want to do exercises.
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Summary: Great book on Reporting Services
Comment: I've read many technical instruction books. This has been one of my best experiences. The book is oriented around learning by doing. The examples address real-world situations. The instructions are accurate, move step by step and even identify "gotcha's" along the way. Screen shots make sure you're on track. I've been very pleased and can recommend the book without reservation.
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Summary: Awesome Book
Comment: This book got me up and running with SSRS in no time. I even had a problem with getting something to work, emailed Brian, the author, and he replied to my email within the same day and my problem was solved. This is definately a great book.
He steps you through creating a dataset, creating the report and explaining all the intricacies of creating the report and there are a lot of details involved and the report works. The few times my report didn't work, I went back and realized I missed a step and after reworking things, the report worked. Definately a must have if you need to learn SSRS.
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Summary: Excellent Learning Tool
Comment: I thought this book was an excellent learning tool. It introduces information one chapter at a time, and each subsequent chapter reinforces what was previously learned. The only complaint I have about this book is that you have to read it cover to cover to get the most out of it, so it isn't a very good quick reference, but I would still highly recommend it for anyone wanting to learn SQL Reporting Services.
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