(Someone should write these up as an FAQ)

Here are some of my favorites:

Inside SQL Server 2000
SQL For Smarties
Microsoft SQL Server Books Online
Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Resource Kit
Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Performance Tuning Technical Reference
Advanced Transact-SQL for SQL Server 2000
Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Performance Optimization and Tuning Handbook

-Mike

>Hi All,
>Could u please suggest me any good books on SQL 2000/XML/VB.net
>
>Thanks,
>...ashish