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Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Unleashed

Authors: Ray Rankins, Paul Bertucci, Chris Gallelli, Alex T. Silverstein
Publisher: Sams
Category: Book

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Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars

14 reviews
Sales Rank: 5053

Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 1752
Shipping Weight (lbs): 5.2
Dimensions (in): 9 x 6.9 x 2.6

ISBN: 0672328240
Dewey Decimal Number: 005.7585
EAN: 9780672328244
ASIN: 0672328240

Publication Date: December 31, 2006
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Editorial Reviews:

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

47 SQL Server Notification Services

48 SQL Server Service Broker

49 SQL Server Full-Text Search

Index

Customer Reviews: Read 9 more reviews...

5 out of 5 stars

Great book, disappointed in shipping September 29, 2008
Great book!

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.

4 out of 5 stars

good but needs editting July 8, 2008
1 out of 3 found this review helpful

There are a lot of typos and grammar errors in the book. Like "or" instead of "for", for example.

5 out of 5 stars

dotNet Developer July 8, 2008
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.

5 out of 5 stars

Just simply a great reference for SQL Server 2005 June 25, 2008
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..

5 out of 5 stars

great reference June 18, 2008
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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