
Microsoft SQL Server 2005: A Beginner''s Guide
Dusan Petkovic(Author)
Osborne/McGraw-Hill (Publisher)
Published on 16. January 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
704 pages
978-0-07-226093-9 (ISBN)
Description
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Deploy and manage SQL Server 2005 with ease
Learn to use all the powerful features available in SQL Server 2005 from this straightforward, hands-on guide. Set up SQL Server 2005, automate system administration tasks, execute simple and complex database queries, and use the robust analysis, business intelligence, and reporting tools. Troubleshooting, data partitioning, replication, and query optimization are also covered. With SQL Server 2005: A Beginner's Guide, you'll be able to set up a secure, reliable, and productive data management platform in no time.
Essential Skills for Database Professionals
Install and customize SQL Server 2005
Create, alter, and remove database objects with Transact-SQL statements
Use SQL Server as a native XML database system
Tune your database system for optimal performance
Use the new SQL Server Management Studio tool for executing and analyzing ad hoc queries
Retrieve data from more than one source using join operations and SELECT statements
Secure your database using two different authentication modes--Windows and mixed
Restore databases using transaction logs and backup and recovery methods
Streamline system administration tasks using the SQL Server Agent service tool
Analyze and manage information stored in a data warehouse with Microsoft Analysis Services
Deploy and manage SQL Server 2005 with ease
Learn to use all the powerful features available in SQL Server 2005 from this straightforward, hands-on guide. Set up SQL Server 2005, automate system administration tasks, execute simple and complex database queries, and use the robust analysis, business intelligence, and reporting tools. Troubleshooting, data partitioning, replication, and query optimization are also covered. With SQL Server 2005: A Beginner's Guide, you'll be able to set up a secure, reliable, and productive data management platform in no time.
Essential Skills for Database Professionals
Install and customize SQL Server 2005
Create, alter, and remove database objects with Transact-SQL statements
Use SQL Server as a native XML database system
Tune your database system for optimal performance
Use the new SQL Server Management Studio tool for executing and analyzing ad hoc queries
Retrieve data from more than one source using join operations and SELECT statements
Secure your database using two different authentication modes--Windows and mixed
Restore databases using transaction logs and backup and recovery methods
Streamline system administration tasks using the SQL Server Agent service tool
Analyze and manage information stored in a data warehouse with Microsoft Analysis Services
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
75 Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 232 mm
Width: 187 mm
Thickness: 40 mm
Weight
1179 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-07-226093-9 (9780072260939)
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Microsoft SQL Server 2005: A Beginner''s Guide
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Person
Dusan Petkovic (Germany) is a professor in the Department of Computer Science at the Polytechnic in Rosenheim, Germany. He frequently contributes to SQL Server Magazine and has published 8 other computer books in Germany for Addison Wesley and McGraw-Hill.
Content
Part I: SQL Server: Basic ConceptsChapter 1: Database Systems and SQL ServerChapter 2: SQL Server Management StudioPart II: Transact-SQL Language Chapter 3: SQL ComponentsChapter 4: Data Definition LanguageChapter 5: Simple QueriesChapter 6: Complex QueriesChapter 7: Modification of a Table's Contents Chapter 8: Stored Procedures and User-Defined FunctionsChapter 9: Indices and Query OptimizationChapter 10: Views Chapter 11: Systems CatalogChapter 12: SQL Server Security Chapter 13: TriggersChapter 14: Transactions Chapter 15: SQL Server System EnvironmentPart III: SQL Server: System AdministrationChapter 16: Overview of System AdministrationChapter 17: Planning the Installation and Installing SQL ServerChapter 18: Managing Database and Database FilesChapter 19: Managing SecurityChapter 20: Backup and RecoveryChapter 21: Automating Systems Administration TasksChapter 22: Performance and TuningChapter 23: Data PartitioningChapter 24: Data ReplicationPart IV: Microsoft Analysis ServicesChapter 25: Data Warehousing: An IntroductionChapter 26: Microsoft Analysis ServicesChapter 27: Business Intelligence and SQLChapter 28: Microsoft Reporting ServicesPart V: XML SupportChapter 29: Overview of XMLChapter 30: SQL Server 2005 and XMLINDEX