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   Gene Wirchenko to esquel@sommarskog.se   
   Re: SQL server 2008 doc in PDF available   
   09 Jun 11 18:42:11   
   
   From: genew@ocis.net   
      
   On Thu, 09 Jun 2011 23:42:05 +0200, Erland Sommarskog   
    wrote:   
      
   >Gene Wirchenko (genew@ocis.net) writes:   
   >>      I do not find Books Online to be manageable.  I can reliably only   
   >> find individual commands.   
   >   
   >Yes, that amount of information is difficult to manage in any format.   
   >But at least Books Online has search functions and an index, which goes   
   >beyond what a plain PDF could offer.   
      
        One thing that a book has that on-line documentation does not (at   
   least, not usually) is an order.  I can keep flipping pages and   
   eventually get everything.  With on-line documentation, there is   
   always the possibility of missing whole sections.   
      
   Sincerely,   
      
   Gene Wirchenko   
      
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