>I am just starting to get my feet wet with SQL server and am new to the terminology, can you explain to me what BOL stands for ?

The SQL Server 2000 Books Online (BOL) are installed with SQL Server or SQL Server client Tools. You can download the lates version from http://www.microsoft.com/sql/techinfo/productdoc/2000/books.asp. It's SQL Server help file but unlike help files for other MS products it's very well written. I cannot imagine doing SQl Server development w/o it.