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: <ul>
<li>Install and configure SQL Server 2005</li> <li>Design database components with SQL Server Management Studio </li> <li>Apply a three-step modeling approach to design databases that meet business requirements</li> <li>Create, modify, and manage views</li> <li>Write user-defined functions and stored procedures using T-SQL</li> <li>Add, delete, and update information in your databases</li> <li>Work with data from custom applications and legacy systems</li> <li>Troubleshoot error messages and handle exceptions</li> </ul>
CD features: <ul>
<li>All practice exercises</li> <li>Code samples</li> </ul>
For customers who purchase an ebook version of this title, instructions for downloading the CD files can be found in the ebook.

Microsoft® SQL Server™ 2005: Database Essentials Step by Step

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Learn more-advanced skills to design, build, test, deploy, and maintain SQL Server databases—one step at a time. Ideal for developers who understand database essentials, this learn-by-doing tutorial offers practical guidance, code samples, and a collection of techniques to help you solve real-world business problems. Discover how to: <ul>
<li>Manage data access with server logins and user and server roles</li> <li>Implement a disaster recovery strategy </li> <li>Use aggregate functions to compute totals and complex statistical values</li> <li>Optimize query performance by managing IO statistics and designing indexes 
</li> <li>Work with remote data sources—including third-party databases</li> <li>Provide remote access through the Internet or a middle-tier service interface </li> <li>Manage transactions, implement error handlers, and define isolation levels</li> <li>Go further and work with SQL Server Reporting Services and Notification Services</li> </ul>
Includes a CD featuring: <ul>
<li>All practice exercises</li> <li>Code samples</li> </ul>
For customers who purchase an ebook version of this title, instructions for downloading the CD files can be found in the ebook.

Microsoft® SQL Server™ 2005: Applied Techniques Step by Step (Pro - Step by Step Developer)

Networking & Cloud Computing

EXAM PREP GUIDE Ace your preparation for the skills measured by MCITP Exam 70-441—and on the job. Work at your own pace through a series of lessons and reviews that fully cover each exam objective. Then, reinforce what you’ve learned by applying your knowledge to real-world case scenarios and practice exercises. This official Microsoft study guide is designed to help you make the most of your study time. Maximize your performance on the exam by learning to: <ul>
<li>Develop solutions that support business strategy</li> <li>Design attributes and define entities and entity relationships</li> <li>Create programmatic database objects using T-SQL and CLR </li> <li>Define data access requirements and work with schemas to manage objects</li> <li>Design reporting solutions with SQL Server Reporting Services</li> <li>Plan for unit testing, benchmarking, and deployment</li> </ul>
PRACTICE TESTS Assess your skills with practice tests on CD. You can work through hundreds of questions using multiple testing modes to meet your specific learning needs. You get detailed explanations for right and wrong answers?including a customized learning path that describes how and where to focus your studies. Your training kit includes: <ul>
<li>15% exam discount from Microsoft. (Limited time offer). Details inside. </li> <li>Official self-paced study guide.</li> <li>Practice tests with multiple, customizable testing options and a learning plan based on your results.</li> <li>200+ practice and review questions.</li> <li>Case scenarios, practice exercises, and best practices.</li> <li>180-day evaluation version of Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition.</li> <li>Fully searchable eBook of this guide.</li> </ul>
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MCITP Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-441): Designing Database Solutions by Using Microsoft® SQL Server™ 2005: Designing Database Solutions by Using Microsoft SQL Server 2005

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