Need a good book on asp.net, Visual Web Dev Express, SQL
Server Express

Hi folks

I would like to buy two or three books on asp.net, VWD Express & SQL Server
Express.

Ideally, over the collection of the books the coverage should include topics
such as:

AJAX
client side scripting
XML Web Services
Stored Procedures
Data Access
Security

If anybody could recommend any particular books I would really appreciate it.

Kind regards

Ross

I doubt you will find books that cover all of those topics.  You could probably
get a good book that covers ASP.NET Ajax and clientside scripting, then one that
covers Web Services in detail.  Data Access and Security is covered pretty well
in most of the popular ASP.NET Professional books (like the ones from Apress and
Wrox).  Stored Procedures is purely SQL Server, so you want to have a look at
T-SQL programming books.

Ignore any books that concentrate on Visual Web Developer.  They will be for
beginners only, and won't go into sufficient detail on any of the topics you
listed.

My view: you generally can't go far wrong if you stick to Apress and Wrox, and
look for "Professional" in the title.

If you are starting up, the clearest introductory books are those by Mike
Murach.

I recommend the O'Reilly books such as  Learning SQL on SQL Server 2005
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/learnsqlsvr05/

These books can be accessed online by a Safari Subscription -
http://safari.oreilly.com/?cid=orm-nav-global