Product Description: <>Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Unleashed offers comprehensive coverage of SQL Server 2005 that goes beyond the basic syntax and information you’ll find in the product manuals, providing in-depth information derived from the authors’ real-world experience to help you build upon your working knowledge of the product and take your experience and knowledge to a higher level. This book focuses primarily on the information needed by system and database administrators, as well as for users with overlapping duties as both DBA and developer. Included is extensive coverage of the new features and upgraded tools and capabilities of SQL Server 2005, including .NET Framework integration, Integration Services, Service Broker, Database Mirroring and Snapshots, and Reporting Services.
Detailed information on…
Installing, upgrading, and administering SQL Server 2005
Database maintenance, backup, and recovery
Creating and managing tables, views, stored procedures, triggers, and user-defined functions
Database and index design
SQL Server query optimization, and performance monitoring and tuning
Transactions, transaction management, and distributed transactions
SQL Server Management Studio—NEW!
SQL Server Notification Services; Integration Services—NEW!; Analysis Services; Reporting Services—NEW!; Web Services—NEW!
SQL Server Service Broker—NEW!
SQL Server and Microsoft .NET Framework integration, including CLR-based stored procedures, functions, and triggers—NEW!
SQL Server high availability and SQL Server clustering and replication
Database Mirroring—NEW!
Database Snapshots—NEW!
Using XML in SQL Server 2005
SQL Server tools and utilities
CD-ROM includes
8 bonus chapters covering topics such as Notification Services, Service Broker, and Full-Text Search
Code samples, scripts, and sample databases
A PDF version of the entire book
Introduction
Part I Welcome to Microsoft SQL Server
1 SQL Server 2005 Overview
2 What’s New in SQL Server 2005
Part II SQL Server Tools and Utilities
3 SQL Server Management Studio
4 SQL Server Command-Line Utilities
5 SQL Server Profiler
Part III SQL Server Administration
6 SQL Server System and Database Administration
7 Installing SQL Server 2005
8 Upgrading to SQL Server 2005
9 Client Installation and Configuration
10 Security and User Administration
11 Database Backup and Restore
12 Database Mail
13 SQL Server Scheduling and Notification
14 SQL Server High Availability.
15 Replication
16 Database Mirroring
17 SQL Server Clustering
Part IV Database Administration
18 Creating and Managing Databases
19 Creating and Managing Tables
20 Creating and Managing Indexes
21 Implementing Data Integrity
22 Creating and Managing Views in SQL Server
23 Creating and Managing Stored Procedures
24 Creating and Managing User-Defined Functions
25 Creating and Managing Triggers
26 Transaction Management and the Transaction Log
27 Database Snapshots
28 Database Maintenance
Part V SQL Server Performance and Optimization
29 Indexes and Performance
30 Understanding Query Optimization
31 Query Analysis
32 Locking and Performance
33 Database Design and Performance
34 Monitoring SQL Server Performance
Part VI SQL Server Application Development
35 What’s New for Transact-SQL in SQL Server 2005
36 SQL Server and the .NET Framework
37 Using XML in SQL Server 2005
38 SQL Server Web Services
Part VII SQL Server Business Intelligence Features
39 SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services
40 SQL Server Integration Services
41 SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services
Bonus Chapters on the CD
42 Managing Linked and Remote Servers
43 Configuring, Tuning, and Optimizing SQL Server Options
44 Administering Very Large SQL Server Databases
45 SQL Server Disaster Recovery Planning
46 Transact-SQL Programming Guidelines, Tips, and Tricks
However, it arrived very slightly damaged (one corner bent). Not enough damage to bother with a return; but disappointing on a brand new, expensive book.
Amazon does not seem to be paying as much attention to packing/shipping as they once did.
good but needs editting There are a lot of typos and grammar errors in the book. Like "or" instead of "for", for example.
dotNet Developer As a dotNet Developer, I am often called upon to write my own database code or maintain existing db code. I am also called upon to diagnose performance problems or set security. Sometimes on lightly staffed projects, I am a defacto DBA.
I have always strived to have a comprehensive understanding of the technologies I use. However, my level of understanding of SQL Server was more limited then my understanding of the other technologies I use.
I purchased this book based on existing Amazon recommendations. In particular, I was interested in the Performance and Security sections, as well as what is new. It did not disappoint. The depth on items like Indexes was exactly what I was looking for. The discussion of new items was enough to get we to a working level.
So it definitely fulfilled my needs and expectations.
However, the book seems aimed at DBAs. Given the number of topics covered in the book, I suspect it could not be comprehensive enough to take an intermediate DBA to the Advanced stage.
But for someone like me, who is often called upon to be an 'acting' DBA it serves as an excellent reference; in addition to providing a tutorial on the topics mentioned above.
Just simply a great reference for SQL Server 2005 Even for a beginner like me. This is a great book as a reference or if you learn by experimenting and need a book to look up things here and there. I'm not an expert with SQL Server but it really seems like this book is a must have if you're dealing with SQL Server setup, management, etc..
great reference I used this almost every day now for the past couple months. I used it as a reference with developing in SQL SEVER 2005. It answers about 80% of my questions. Must books answer a little more then half - so I give this five stars. If you write a lot of code in SQL, I highly recommended this book.
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