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Copyright © 2001 by Kalen Delaney

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Delaney, Kalen.
       Inside Microsoft SQL Server 2000 / Kalen Delaney.
            p.  cm.
       Includes bibliographical references and index.
       ISBN 0-7356-0998-5
       1.  Client/server computing.     2.  SQL server.     3.  Relational databases.     I.  Title.

    QA76.9.C55 D43 2000
    005.75'85--dc21                                                                       00-059280

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