Microsoft SQL Server 2008 for Dummies - Softcover

Chapple, Mike

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0470224657 ISBN 13: 9780470224656

Publisher: For Dummies, 2008

Synopsis

If you’re a database administrator, you know Microsoft SQL Server 2008 is revolutionizing database development. Get up to speed on SQL Server 2008, impress your boss, and improve your company’s data management — read Microsoft SQL Server 2008 For Dummies!

SQL Server 2008 lets you build powerful databases and create database queries that give your organization the information it needs to excel. Microsoft SQL Server 2008 For Dummies helps you build the skills you need to set up, administer, and troubleshoot SQL Server 2008. You’ll be able to:

• Develop and maintain a SQL Server system
• Design databases with integrity and efficiency
• Turn data into information with SQL Server Reporting Services
• Organize query results, summarizing data with aggregate functions and formatting output
• Import large quantities of data with SSIS
• Keep your server running smoothly
• Protect data from prying eyes
• Develop and implement a disaster recovery plan
• Improve performance with database snapshots
• Automate SQL Server 2008 administration

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 For Dummies is a great first step toward becoming a SQL Server 2008 pro!

About this title

About the Author

Mike Chapple, MCDBA, CISA, CISSP, is an IT professional at the University of Notre Dame, where he teaches a computer applications course. He is a coauthor of the CISSP Study Guide.

From the Back Cover

The fun and easy way® to build powerful databases

See how to administer, troubleshoot, and report like a pro in SQL Server

Are you ready to unleash the power hidden within your organization's data to meet business objectives? This book will help you build the skills that SQL Server database administrators must have to succeed. You'll find out how to develop and maintain a SQL Server system, design databases, manipulate data, and much more.

Discover how to:

• Build your first SQL Server databases

• Insert, manipulate, and retrieve data

• Keep your database server running smoothly

• Protect data from prying eyes

• Improve performance with database snapshots

From the Inside Flap

The fun and easy way® to build powerful databases

See how to administer, troubleshoot, and report like a pro in SQL Server

Are you ready to unleash the power hidden within your organization's data to meet business objectives? This book will help you build the skills that SQL Server database administrators must have to succeed. You'll find out how to develop and maintain a SQL Server system, design databases, manipulate data, and much more.

Discover how to:

• Build your first SQL Server databases

• Insert, manipulate, and retrieve data

• Keep your database server running smoothly

• Protect data from prying eyes

• Improve performance with database snapshots

Edition details

• Publisher: For Dummies
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0470224657
• ISBN 13: 9780470224656
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 410