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Getting started with InfoSphere Data Architect
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The Little MongoDB Book
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An Introduction to Data Mining
Free online book “An Introduction to Data Mining” by Dr. Saed Sayad. Data Mining is about explaining the past and predicting the future by means of data analysis. …
SQL Server Statistics
Free eBook “SQL Server Statistics” from Simple-Talk. Holger Schmeling’s work in SQL Server Distribution Statistics was first published as a pair of long articles for Simple-Talk. …
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SQL Server Team-based Development
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Getting started with DB2 application development
Free eBook “Getting started with DB2 application development”, written by Raul F. Chong, Xiqiang Ji, Priyanka Joshi, Vineet Mishra and Min Wei Yao from IBM. …
SQL Server DMV Starter Pack
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Defensive Database Programming with SQL Server
Free 301 page ebook “Defensive Database Programming with SQL Server”, written by Alex Kuznetsov. The goal of Defensive Programming is to produce resilient code that responds gracefully to the unexpected. …