Beginning SQL Server 2000 DBA

* Gives a fresh perspective in a stale market segment: "How to be a good SQL Server DBA", rather than "This is SQL Server, this is feature A, here is an example of feature A".

* Only book on the market to provide complete coverage of the core jobs and roles involved in SQL Server DBA. Therefore, has broad, general appeal to novices who are browsing shelves, and looking for a book that makes sense of SQL Server entirely.

* Written by an expert DBA who lets the reader know exactly what the essential aspects of a DBAs job are, the sort of issues that novices commonly run into and provides effective solutions and troubleshooting tips for all of the most common problems.

Baya Pavliashvili is senior database administrator possessing extensive development experience with the latest client/server and web technologies, as well as Visual Studio .NET. He has in-depth knowledge of and demonstrated experience with Microsoft SQL Server database administration, and he specializes in systems and business analysis, logical and physical database design, database administration, replication, data warehousing and OLAP, query optimization, application performance tuning, and database programming. He is also experienced in systems integration, software testing, implementation, support, and training. Pavliashvili is a Microsoft Certified Database Administrator (MCDBA), Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD), and Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE). He is the coauthor of .NET E-Business Architecture and Knowledge Expert for SQL Server, and he contributed to SQL Server Security Distilled.