Physical storage; buffer cache management; databases; transaction log, users, logins, groups, database users and aliases; transact SQL; SQL server transactions; views; the tempo database; locking; stored procedures; triggers; database design; permissions; system procedures; catalogue procedures; DBA facilities; auditing; disk mirroring; back-up and recovery; utility programs; when things go wrong; system tables; appendices: case study - data warehousing; multiprocessor SQL servers; distributed SQL server systems; installing and configuring a SQL server.
