A skill-building, learn-by-doing tutorial to help developers and database administrators with basic product knowledge begin to master SQL Server 2005.

Learn more-advanced skills to design, build, test, deploy, and maintain SQL Server databases—one step at a time. Ideal for developers who understand database essentials, this learn-by-doing tutorial offers practical guidance, code samples, and a collection of techniques to help you solve real-world business problems.

Discover how to:

• Manage data access with server logins and user and server roles
• Implement a disaster recovery strategy
• Use aggregate functions to compute totals and complex statistical values
• Optimize query performance by managing IO statistics and designing indexes
• Work with remote data sources—including third-party databases
• Provide remote access through the Internet or a middle-tier service interface
• Manage transactions, implement error handlers, and define isolation levels
• Go further and work with SQL Server Reporting Services and Notification Services

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