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Apress' key Beginning book for SQL Server 2008
Previous two editions have sold well (6756 units for the 2000 edition, and 1137 units for the recently-released 2005 edition. Numbers from Bookscan.)
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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SQL Server 2008 is a first–rate database management system. It offers more capability than any previous release of SQL Server. More than just a classic relational database management system, SQL Server 2008 includes exciting and powerful features that make it useful for everything from large corporate data warehouses to ad hoc departmental databases. You'll find enhanced support for XML, new support for spatial data, transparent data encryption, a policy–based management system, and more.
Author and developer Robin Dewson will show you the way from beginner to SQL Server 2008 professional. Learn to install SQL Server 2008 and navigate around Management Studio before getting right to the heart of mastering fundamental SQL Server 2008 tasks: creating tables, storing data, securing data, and retrieving it again. Dewson ensures you'll be fully prepared to use all the basics and create a solid foundation for your own projects.
Don't forget about backups! Your database will house important data, so backing up is essential to protect yourself from inevitable hardware failure. Dewson walks you through SQL Server 2008's easy–to–use backup and recovery feature set, giving you the grounding that you need in order to set up a reliable plan for recovery in your own environment.
Learn to use Transact–SQL, a full–blown procedural language that is built right into the database system. Transact–SQL is the key to unlocking everything that SQL Server 2008 has to offer. Using Transact–SQL, you can write centrally encapsulated business logic through the use of stored procedures, automatically trigger processing through the use of triggers, and manipulate data within the server without having to move data back and forth across the network.
Finally, you'll learn a bit about SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services, a powerful tool that allows enterprise reporting. Reporting Services enables you to develop and serve reports across your organization and even to business partners outside your company. Reporting Services also gives end users the ability to create their own reports, helping them transform business data into valuable, usable information to guide their day–to–day decisions.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Beginning SQL Server 2008 for Developers
Book Subtitle: From Novice to Professional
Authors: Robin Dewson
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-0584-5
Publisher: Apress Berkeley, CA
eBook Packages: Professional and Applied Computing, Professional and Applied Computing (R0), Apress Access Books
Copyright Information: Robin Dewson 2008
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-59059-958-7Published: 25 July 2008
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4302-0584-5Published: 29 August 2008
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIV, 472
Topics: Database Management, Software Engineering/Programming and Operating Systems
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