Microsoft® SQL Server® 2008 Step by Step (Pro - Step-By-Step Developer)

By Mike Hotek

Teach yourself SQL Server 2008--one step at a time. Get the practical guidance you need to build database solutions that solve real-world business problems. Learn to integrate SQL Server data in your applications, write queries, develop reports, and employ powerful business intelligence systems. Discover how to: Install and work with core components and tools Create tables and index structures Manipulate and retrieve data Secure, manage, back up, and recover databases Apply tuning plus optimization techniques to generate high-performing database applications Optimize availability through clustering, database mirroring, and log shipping Tap business intelligence tools--Reporting, Analysis, and Integration Services CD features: Practice exercises and code samples Fully searchable eBook For customers who purchase an ebook version of this title, instructions for downloading the CD files can be found in the ebook. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0735626049
• ISBN13: 9780735626041
• Release Date: November 2008
• Publisher: Microsoft Press
• Length: 505 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 7.3" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Excellent book for a beginner DBA in SQL Server 2008

This is an excellent book for a beginner DBA in SQL Server 2008. CD included.

good book for starters

good book for starters. would have been great if there are more examples to practice with.

A Great Help in Understanding MS SQL Server

I just completed a different MS SQL Server 2008 book, and am now wishing that I would have read this first, basically because the author, Hotek, is so much more concise and is defining terms as he goes, and is clearer when describing database concepts. So now I am forced to read this book too, just to clear up what was confusing in the first book! What this book has that the *other* didn't is a really organized approach...

A Good Introduction to SQL Server 2008

This book was a pleasant surprise, I was looking for an introduction to SQL Server and this book was exactly that. The chapters were all in manageable sizes with the right amount of detail and exercises (%95+ worked as expected) to reinforce the topic. I don't usually write reviews, but if you are looking like I was for a book provide a basic introduction to SQL Server 2008 I would recommend this one. As a bonus there script...