Microsoft SQL Server(TM) 2005: Database Essentials Step by Step (Step By Step (Microsoft))

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Get the guidance you need to start designing databases--one step at a time. With this practical tutorial, you'll teach yourself the core skills for building and managing databases with the next generation of SQL Server. Discover how to: Install and configure SQL Server 2005 Design database components with SQL Server Management Studio Apply a three-step modeling approach to design databases that meet business requirements Create, modify, and manage views Write user-defined functions and stored procedures using T-SQL Add, delete, and update information in your databases Work with data from custom applications and legacy systems Troubleshoot error messages and handle exceptions CD features: All practice exercises Code samples For customers who purchase an ebook version of this title, instructions for downloading the CD files can be found in the ebook. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0735622078
• ISBN13: 9780735622074
• Release Date: September 2006
• Publisher: Microsoft Press
• Length: 306 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.4" x 9.0"

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Great Way to Get Started

An excellent introduction to Microsoft SQL Server for the beginner. It starts with the basic concepts of what a database is and how it is used. It covers installation of SQL Server 2005 exhaustivly. It then the best description I've seen on the management tools that come with the database. Designing a database is not difficult, but this book has a couple of chapters on how a database design needs to reflect the business...