The Atlas of Human Hair: Microscopic Characteristics is an excellent reference for anyone interested in the comparison of human hair at the microscopic level. It contains photos to aid in somatic origin of hair as well as racial characteritics. It is helpful for those begining in hair identification as well as the more advanced forensic scientist.

This book has nothing to do with DESIGNING sql 2000 databases. It is simply an administrative guide to sql 2000 - Ch1: SQL Server Overview Ch2:Installing and configuring ch3: Scalability and Availability ch4:Designing and Creating dbs Ch5: Security ch6: Admininistration and Active Directory ch7: backup and recovery ch8: english query ch9: import/export data Ch10. Analysis server (olap) ch11:XML ch12: Replication ch13: programming tools Ch14: Performance Tuning The only chapter that has designing of dbs, is ch4 which mainly deals with filegroups, autogrow features, etc. Nothing about design. If you want a good admin book for 2000 buy this, otherwise look elsewhere for a desgin book.

The books focus is on SQL Server 2000 and its specific features that make it such a valuable database platform for any size organization. The books intent is to get administrators and developers up and running with the many features of SQL Server 2000 from creating database to working with Analysis Services. The art and science of "designing" databases is not specific to SQL Server and I would recommend "Designing Relational Database Systems" by Rebecca Riordan if your looking for beginner-intermediate level material on general database design. I hope the book helps in your endeavors with SQL Server 2000. Good luck.

This book is detailed and well written. I have a lot of SQL books, and I found this one to be an excellent source of information. I highly recommend it to anyone interested in building databases with SQL Server 2000.