Beginning SQL Server 2005 Programming

SQL Server 2005 Express is the database component of Microsoft's Express Suite of products. It is free of charge, inherits many (non-enterprise) features from SQL Server 2005, and comes complete with development and administration tools. As such, it is an ideal database for developers and administrators to use in prototype/evaluation projects. It is also a powerful development platform for database applications on nonprofit websites, e-commerce sites, and in small offices and departments. Author Rick Dobson provides all of the installation, configuration, administration, and development techniques that you need to build applications quickly. He focuses on techniques that are easy to learn and transparent in their real-world translations. Topics inclu...

Purchase this book and you'll get the free, fully searchable eBooka $25 value! (Details are printed inside the book.) SQL Server 2005 will increase your programming options, productivity, analysis, and database management. If you have some basic knowledge of relational databases and want to start a career as a developer using SQL Server, then this book is your ideal first step. It explains the core jobs and roles for developing a database in both SQL Server 2000 and 2005. This book features practical steps to help you overcome issues youre likely to encounter. Youll learn to use SQL for querying, inserting, updating, and deleting data. Youll also learn how to back up and restore databases for basic administration in SQL Server. Further, youll cover h...

Create and modify databases and keep them secureGet up to speed on using T-SQL to store and manipulate dataSQL Server 2005 improves an already great database management system. This book shows you how to put it to work in a hurry. You'll find out how to use the SQL Server Management Studio and the SQLCMD utility to write T-SQL code, retrieve data from single or multiple SQL Server tables, add data using the INSERT statement, and much more.* Create queries to retrieve data*Ensure SQL Server security*Use Visual Studio(r) 2005 with SQL Server*Create tables, views, and indexes*Work with Common Language Runtime*Query XML data...