At Microsoft's "Sample book chapters for SQL Server 2005" page, http://www.microsoft.com/sql/2005/samplechapters.mspx, you'll find links to the following sample chapters
• Mike Otey's 11/04 Microsoft SQL Server 2005 New Features - Chapter 4: Programmability Features (43 pages)
http://download.microsoft.com/download/3/3/f/33fb3703-6e6e-4715-9318-c52853bd55bf/SQLServer2005NewFeatures_Ch_4.pdf
• Bob Beauchemin's 6/04 A First Look at Microsoft SQL Server 2005 for Developers - Chapter 15: SQL Server Service Broker (54 pages)
http://download.microsoft.com/download/3/3/f/33fb3703-6e6e-4715-9318-c52853bd55bf/FirstLookatMicrosoftSQLServer_Ch15.pdf
• Peter DeBetta's 10/04 Introducing Microsoft SQL Server 2005 for Developers - Chapter 5: User-Defined Data Types (22 pages)
http://download.microsoft.com/download/3/3/f/33fb3703-6e6e-4715-9318-c52853bd55bf/IntrotoSQLServer2005ForDev_Ch_5.pdf
• Tom Rizzo's 9/05 Pro SQL Server 2005 — Chapter 15: Database Mirroring (39 pages)
http://download.microsoft.com/download/f/8/5/f8520d64-f109-4111-b0b0-51f1f6d2d220/ProSQLServer2005_Ch15_ForTechEd.pdf
• Rodney Landrum's Pro SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services — Chapter 1: Architecture and Overview (18 pages)
http://download.microsoft.com/download/f/8/5/f8520d64-f109-4111-b0b0-51f1f6d2d220/ProSS2005RepServices_CH01_ForTechEd.pdf
• Don Farmer's 6/05 The Rational Guide to Scripting with SQL Server 2005 Integration Services—Chapter 7: Your First Script Component (28 pages)
http://download.microsoft.com/download/f/8/5/f8520d64-f109-4111-b0b0-51f1f6d2d220/Rational_Press_Integration_Services_Sample.pdf
• Roger Wolter's 6/05 The Rational Guide to SQL Server 2005 Service Broker - Chapter 2: Conversations (9 pages)
http://download.microsoft.com/download/f/8/5/f8520d64-f109-4111-b0b0-51f1f6d2d220/Rational_Press_Service_Broker_Sample.pdf
• Tony Mann's 6/05 The Rational Guide to SQL Server 2005 Express - Chapter 3: SQL Server 2005 Express Tools (16 pages)
http://download.microsoft.com/download/f/8/5/f8520d64-f109-4111-b0b0-51f1f6d2d220/Rational_Press_SQL2005_Express_Sample.pdf
• Robert Dewson and Julian Skinner's SQL Server 2005 Assemblies Revealed - Chapter 5: User Defined Functions (25 pages)
http://download.microsoft.com/download/f/8/5/f8520d64-f109-4111-b0b0-51f1f6d2d220/SS2005Assemblies_Ch05_ForTechEd.pdf
• Robert Beatty and others from Scalability Experts' Microsoft SQL Server 2005: Changing the Paradigm - Chapters 1 and 6 (55 pages)
http://download.microsoft.com/download/f/8/5/f8520d64-f109-4111-b0b0-51f1f6d2d220/SQLServer2005_chapters1and6_SamsPublishing.pdf
