Overview<>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
