Each lesson covers one broad topic or set of related topics. Lessons are arranged in order of increasing proficiency with Microsoft SQL Server 2000; skills you acquire in one lesson are used and developed in subsequent lessons. For this reason, you should work through the lessons in sequence. We organized each lesson into explanatory topics and step-by-step activities. Topics provide the theory you need to master Microsoft SQL Server 2000, and activities allow you to apply this theory to practical hands-on examples. You get to try out each new skill on a specially prepared sample file. This saves you typing time and allows you to concentrate on the technique at hand. Through the use of sample files, hands-on activities, illustrations that give you fe...