Down and dirty database infrastructure

Does any have a link, or know of an MS book(s) that details the
underlying database structure, tables, processes? Something that
explains in detail how/why this stuff is configured and works, like
DDL, TDS, varchar, int, index, tables, normalization, DML, Primary
Key/Foreign key.

Thanks much.

The review, on Barnes and Nobel (
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/bo...=283155

).

Comment?

"Beeker" < sqlserver2005dba@gma
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> Thanks much.
>
> The review, on Barnes and Nobel (
>
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/bo...isbn=0735609985
> ), on her treatment of internals and other vaulable info are very
> critical.
>
> Then the Amazon comments praise her.
> (
>
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/07...406348?n=283155
> ).
>
> Comment?
>

She knows her stuff.  Extremely knowledgeable.  Get the book.

You want a book on XML, there are definitely better ones.

Thanks Strider.