CAIRO BOOKS's 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