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SQL Server 2005 will increase your programming options, productivity, analysis, and database management. If you have some basic knowledge of relational databases and want to start a career as a developer using SQL Server, then this book is your ideal first step. It explains the core jobs and roles for developing a database in both SQL Server 2000 and 2005.
This book features practical steps to help you overcome issues youre likely to encounter. You'll learn to use SQL for querying, inserting, updating, and deleting data. You'll also learn how to back up and restore databases for basic administration in SQL Server. Further, you'll cover how to build a complete database, from the fundamentals of relational database design to table and index creation.
Additionally, you'll start to program in T-SQL, SQL Servers implementation (and extension) of the SQL programming language, and you'll come away with effective programming techniques using stored procedures and triggers.
By:
Robin Dewson
Imprint: APress
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: 2nd ed.
Dimensions:
Height: 235mm,
Width: 178mm,
Spine: 27mm
Weight: 943g
ISBN: 9781590595886
ISBN 10: 1590595882
Pages: 536
Publication Date: 02 February 2006
Audience:
General/trade
,
ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
SQL Server 2005 Overview and Installation.- SQL Server Management Studio.- Database Design and Creation.- Security.- Defining Tables.- Creating Indexes and Database Diagramming.- Database Backups, Recovery, and Maintenance.- Working with the Data.- Building a View.- Stored Procedures.- T-SQL Essentials.- Advanced T-SQL.- Triggers.- SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services.
Robin Dewson has been hooked on programming ever since he bought his first computer, a Sinclair ZX80, in 1980. He has been working with SQL Server since version 6.5 and Visual Basic since version 5. Robin is a consultant mainly in the city of London, where he has been for nearly eight years. He also has been developing a rugby-related website as well as maintaining his own site at Fat-Belly.com.