The rapidly increasing volume of information contained in relational databases places a strain on databases, performance, and maintainability: DBAs are under greater pressure than ever to optimize database structure for system performance and administration. Physical Database Design discusses the concept of how physical structures of databases affect performance, including specific examples, guidelines, and best and worst practices for a variety of DBMSs and configurations. Something as simple as improving the table index design has a profound impact on performance. Every form of relational database, such as Online Transaction Processing (OLTP), Enterprise Resource Management (ERP), Data Mining (DM), or Management Resource Planning (MRP), can be improved using the methods provided in the book. The first complete treatment on physical database design, written by the authors of the seminal, Database Modeling and Design: Logical Design, Fourth Edition Includes an introduction to the major concepts of physical database design as well as detailed examples, using methodologies and tools most popular for relational databases today: Oracle, DB2 (IBM), and SQL Server (Microsoft) Focuses on physical database design for exploiting B+tree indexing, clustered indexes, multidimensional clustering (MDC), range partitioning, shared nothing partitioning, shared disk data placement, materialized views, bitmap indexes, automated design tools, and more!

Get ready for model-driven application development with SQL Server Modeling! This book covers Microsoft's SQL Server Modeling (formerly known under the code name "Oslo") in detail and contains the information you need to be successful with designing and implementing workflow modeling. Beginning SQL Server Modeling will help you gain a comprehensive understanding of how to apply DSLs and other modeling components in the development of SQL Server implementations. Most importantly, after reading the book and working through the examples, you will have considerable experience using SQL Modeling components, because the book and accompanying source code take you through the steps of actually building solutions using the platform. Beginning SQL Server Modeling is the only book that comprehensively covers .NET application development using SQL Modeling. This book explains the critical concepts of SQL Server Modeling and model-driven development that every SQL Server developer should know. The book is simple and concise, giving readers an immediate return on their investment. After learning the lessons of this book, business process analysts and developers will be prepared to use SQL modeling for model-based design, development, and implementations.

Experience learning made easy-and quickly teach yourself how to build database solutions with Access 2010. With STEP BY STEP, you set the pace-building and practicing the skills you need, just when you need them! Topics include building an Access database from scratch or from templates; publishing your database to the Web; exchanging data with other databases and Microsoft Office documents; creating data-entry forms; using filters and queries; designing reports; using conditional formatting; preventing data corruption and unauthorized access; and other core topics.

The expert guidance you need to get the most out of Access 2010 Get the Access 2010 information you need to succeed with this comprehensive reference. If this is your first encounter with Access, you'll appreciate the thorough attention to database fundamentals and terminology. If you're familiar with earlier versions, you can jump right into Access 2010 enhancements such as the new Access user interface and wider use of XML and Web services. Takes you under the hood of Microsoft Access 2010, the database application included with Microsoft Office 2010 Explores the latest enhancements, such as a new user interface and wider use of XML and Web services; also, how to exchange data with Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and other Office apps Covers how to create tables, manipulate datasheets, and work with multiple tables Explains the seven database objects and how to use a seven-step design method to build a database tailored to your needs Shows you how to build forms, use Visual Basic and the VBA Editor, automate query parameters, create functions and subroutines, use XML to create data access pages, and more Includes a CD with all source code from the book and working examples, plus bonus shareware, freeware, trial, demo and evaluation programs that work with or enhance Microsoft Office You’ll want to keep this soup-to-nuts Access reference close at hand! Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.

Get the guide that makes learning Microsoft Access 2010 plain and simple! This full color, no-nonsense book shows you the quickest ways to build a database and sort information, using easy-to-follow steps and concise, straightforward language. You'll learn how out-of-the-box templates and reusable components make Access 2010 a fast and simple database solution. Here's WHAT you'll learn: Design and build your own database quickly Use Access forms to collect information with ease Create and modify tables to organize your data Store files such as documents and images Exchange data with other databases and documents Bring your data alive with colorful reports Here's HOW you'll learn it: Jump in whenever you need answers Easy-to-follow STEPS and SCREENSHOTS show exactly what to do Handy TIPS teach new techniques and shortcuts Quick TRY THIS! exercises help apply what you learn right away

The ideal on-the-job reference guide for SQL Server 2008 database administrators If you manage and administer SQL Server 2008 in the real world, you need this detailed guide at your desk. From planning to disaster recovery, this practical book explores tasks and scenarios that a working SQL Server DBA faces regularly and shows you step by step how to handle them. Topics include installation and configuration, creating databases and tables, optimizing the database server, planning for high availability, and more. And, if you're preparing for MCTS or MCITP certification in SQL Server 2008 administration, this book is the perfect supplement to your preparation, featuring a CD with practice exams, flashcards, and video walkthroughs of the more difficult administrative tasks Delves into Microsoft's SQL Server 2008, a rich set of enterprise-level database services for business-critical applications Explores the skills you'll need on the job as a SQL Server 2008 administrator Shows you how to implement, maintain, and repair the SQL Server database, including bonus videos on the CD where the authors walks you through the more difficult tasks Covers database design, installation and configuration, creating databases and tables, security, backup and high availability, and more Supplements your preparation for MCTS and MCITP SQL Server 2008 certification with in-depth coverage of the skill sets required for certification, as defined by Microsoft Uses hands-on exercises and real-world scenarios to keep what you're learning grounded in the reality of the workplace Make sure you're not only prepared for certification, but also for your job as a SQL Server 2008 administrator, with this practical reference! Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.

The fast-answers, daily administration guide to SQL Server® 2008 (updated for R2). This pocket-sized guide from award-winning author William Stanek features concise tables, listings, and step-by-step instructions for fast, accurate answers on the spot.

Learn to design more effective and sophisticated business reports While most users of SQL Server Reporting Services are now comfortable designing and building simple reports, business today demands increasingly complex reporting. In this book, top Reporting Services design experts have contributed step-by-step recipes for creating various types of reports. Written by well-known SQL Server Reporting Services experts, this book gives you the tools to meet your clients' needs Coverage includes: Business Reporting Paradigms Basic Report Design Concepts Using Report Builder. Report Design Essentials Tabular and Matrix Reports Expressions and Custom Code Formatting Report Data Columnar and Grouped Reports Bi Dashboards and Elements Synchronizing Groups, Charts, and Sparklines Chart and Gauge Reports Creating a Personal Report Card Creating a Multi-Series Multi-Y Axis Chart Interactive Reporting Integrated Reporting Applications Offline Reporting Using The Report Viewer Control Creating a Calendar Report Creating Mailing Labels Barcodes Excel Worksheet Naming and Page Naming External Image Sources Language Localization Creating a Checkbox List To Show Existing Records Using a Checkbox List To Select and Deselect Records Using The Map Wizard Filtering and Parameterization Multiple Criterion Report Filtering Using Multi-Value Parameters with a Stored Procedure Using Multi-Value Parameters with a Subscription Report Creating Custom Sorting Reports Filtering User-Specific Report Data Custom and Dynamic Data Sources Using a Web Service As a Data Source Reporting On Sharepoint List Data Dynamics Ax Report Wizard and More! Microsoft® SQL Server® Reporting Services Recipes brings together great report designs that have been field-tested by the experts Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.

Database models developed by a team of leading Microsoft Access MVPs provide read-to-use solutions for sales, marketing, customer management and other key business activities for most small businesses As the most popular relational database in the world, Microsoft Access is widely used by small business owners. This book responds to the growing need for resources that help business managers and end users design and build effective Access database solutions for specific business functions. Written by a team of Microsoft Access MVPs, this guide shows you how to design databases for the essential activities of most small businesses, including marketing and sales, customer management, inventory management, quality control, budgeting, financial tracking and analysis, and more The accompanying CD-ROM contains ready-to-load databases that can quickly be customized, saving you countless hours of development effort Features a step-by-step interview process to help tailor the database structure to specific business scenarios With this valuable guide and CD-ROM, you'll be on your way to implementing database solutions in no time.

An authoritative guide to designing effective solutions for data cleansing, ETL, and file management with SQL Server 2008 Integration Services SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) is the leading tool in the data warehouse industry, used for performing extraction, transformation, and load operations. After an overview of SSIS architecture, the authors walk you a series of real-world problems and show various techniques for handling them. Shows you how to design SSIS solutions for data cleansing, ETL and file management Demonstrates how to integrate data from a variety of data sources, Shows how to monitor SSIS performance, Demonstrates how to avoid common pitfalls involved with SSIS deployment Explains how to ensure performance of the deployed solution and effectively handle unexpected system failures and outages The companion Web site provides sample code and database scripts that readers can directly implement This book shows you how to design, build, deploy, and manage solutions to real-world problems that SSIS administrators and developers face day-to-day.

Beginning SQL Server 2008 Administration is essential for anyone wishing to learn about implementing and managing SQL Server 2008 database. This book will bring all readers up to speed on the enterprise platform Microsoft SQL Server 2008.

Get a detailed look at the internal architecture of T-SQL with this comprehensive programming reference. Database developers and administrators get best practices, expert techniques, and code samples to master the intricacies of this programming language—solving complex problems with real-world solutions. Discover how to: Work with T-SQL and CLR user-defined functions, stored procedures, and triggers. Handle transactions, concurrency, and error handling. Efficiently use temporary objects, including temporary tables, table variables, and table expressions. Evaluate when to use set-based programming techniques and when to use cursors. Work with dynamic SQL in an efficient and secure manner. Treat date- and time-related data in a robust manner. Develop CLR user-defined types and learn about temporal support in the relational model. Use XML and XQuery and implement a dynamic schema solution. Work with spatial data using the new geometry and geography types and spatial indexes. Track access and changes to data using extended events, SQL Server Audit, change tracking, and change data capture. Use Service Broker for controlled asynchronous processing in database applications. All the book’s code samples will be available for download from the companion Web site.

Perfect companion to any SQL Server 2008 book, providing fast, accurate answers on the spot for millions of IT professionals System and database administrators, IT consultants, and database application developers often need quick answers and practical solutions for SQL Server issues. This convenient guide offers you quick referencing for the product and database topics you need most. If you're an IT administrator looking for the essentials in the day-to-day tasks of administering SQL Server 2008, you'll appreciate this book's design for providing quick and easy look up of solutions and tables, lists, and step-by-step instructions for answers on the spot. SQL Server 2008 Instant Administration Reference is a guide that you want to keep within reach. SQL Server is Microsoft's bestselling database manager; the 2008 version offers enhanced security and high availability, encouraging users to upgrade Features thumb tabs, secondary and tertiary tables of contents, and special heading treatments to provide quick and easy lookup, as well as quick-reference tables and lists to provide answers on the spot Covers installing, configuring, managing, and maintaining SQL Server; optimizing server performance; and troubleshooting SQL Server 2008 Administration Instant Reference answers the questions you encounter most often in your daily work.

Pro SQL Server 2008 Administration is critical for database administrators seeking in-depth knowledge on administering SQL Server 2008. This book covers the impact of the new features available in SQL Server 2008 specifically targeted for database administrators, along with the tried-and-true advanced techniques required to support and maintain Microsoft SQL Server. Introduces new administration features of SQL Server 2008 Shows how to manage a SQL Server 2008 database at professional level Provides guidance on performance optimization

SQL Server 2008 Administration in Action offers over 100 DBA-tested, high-value, best practices that will help you tame the beast and keep it under control. Unlike the many comprehensive SQL Server reference tomes out there that attempt to cover the whole SQL Server feature set, this book drills down on the techniques, procedures, and practices that help you keep your database running like clockwork. About the Technology The integrity and security of your database is crucial to your business. SQL Server 2008 is a massive and mature product with a very large feature set. As a SQL Server administrator, you must be equipped to handle myriad day-to-day tasks to keep your database healthy, and you must also be prepared to act quickly when something unexpected happens. About the Book SQL Server 2008 Administration in Action focuses the production DBA, digging deep into the various tasks specific to that role. Expert author Rod Colledge — check him out at sqlCrunch.com — teaches you best practices that cover the lifecycle of a SQL Server system, including infrastructure design, installation, and operational maintenance. And while many of these techniques will work in any recent version of SQL Server, you'll find full coverage of emerging SQL Server 2008 best practices. Each technique is presented in a task-driven style, and in the order of the typical life cycle of a SQL Server system. This allows you to easily open the book at the appropriate page and focus on what you need to know for each specific situation. What's Inside Selecting and configuring server components Distributing I/O load over multiple controllers Selecting the appropriate stripe size Configuring storage cache Preparing for SQL Server clustering Configure the private network for cluster use only Configure the cluster network priority Prepare resources for a clustered SQL Server installation Index selection and maintenance Identify and drop unused indexes Identify and create missing indexes Select the appropriate clustered index Database mirroring Prepare the mirror server for failover Select the appropriate failover mode Consider disabling log stream compression for CPU bottlenecked systems Upgrading SQL Server Reduce downtime with T-Log backup/restore and the side-by-side upgrade method Prior to an upgrade, run DBCC checks and take full backups with verification Ensure read only is not enabled prior to the upgrade About the Reader This book is a DBA's best friend. It covers the most important and often overlooked areas that you need to maintain to keep your databases secure, in-tune, and well-protected in the event of disaster. About the Author Rod Colledge is an independent SQL Server consultant based in Brisbane, Australia. Since 1996, Rod has specialized in the development and administration of SQL Server database systems. His recent work has included the design and implementation of custom transactional replication and log shipping solutions, performance tuning large, high-volume databases, and developing procedures for operational maintenance of large database systems. In September 2007, Rod founded sqlCrunch.com, a website specializing in summarizing and categorizing links to SQL Server white papers and best practices. Quotes Simply loaded with excellent and immediately useful information. - Kevin Kline, Quest Software I thought I knew SQL Server until I read this book. - Tariq Ahmed, Coauthor of Flex 4 in Action A refreshing database administration book. - Michael Redman, Microsoft Required for any MS DBA. - Andrew Siemer, OTX Research It delivered way beyond my expectations...Packed with useful enterprise-level knowledge. - Darren Neimke, Author of ASP.NET 2.0 Web Parts in Action

Microsoft® SQL Server™ 2008 Reporting Services Unleashed Michael Lisin Jim Joseph Amit Goyal The authoritative, example-rich guide to Microsoft’s powerful reporting platform With Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services you can quickly deliver relevant business intelligence data wherever it’s needed–across the entire enterprise, and through the entire reporting lifecycle. SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services Unleashed gives you all the authoritative information you’ll need to make the most of Microsoft’s most powerful reporting platform as a database professional, manager, or user. In-depth coverage makes this book an ideal reference, and its extensive set of practical examples help you address virtually any challenge in deployment, configuration, administration, or report building. The authors have extensively expanded this edition with deeper reference information, many more practical examples, and insider perspective into Reporting Services 2008’s powerful new enhancements. You’ll discover how to take full advantage of Reporting Services’ significant architectural changes, its flexible new Tablix control, improved visualization through charts and gauges, deep SharePoint integration through SharePoint Integrated Mode, new output presentation formats, and much more. Understand how to Learn about the new features of Service Pack 1 (SP1) and the SQL Server 2008 R2 release Quickly take advantage of Microsoft’s newest SQL Server Reporting Services enhancements Use Reporting Services to identify trends and solve real business problems Master report authoring–from basic, wizard-driven techniques to the cutting edge Group, sort, and aggregate data, and define the right scope for your information Utilize advanced report formatting techniques Work effectively with multidimensional sources Manage report data sources and models Secure reports against attacks and intrusions Customize Reporting Services with embedded functions, custom assemblies, URL access, Web Services, and other extensions Thoroughly integrate SQL Server reporting into any SharePoint site Michael Lisin, lead author of Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services, has years of field experience working with SQL Server Reporting Services at Microsoft and delivering solutions for Microsoft’s enterprise customers. Jim Joseph, co-author of Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services Unleashed, is an independent contractor with 10 years experience developing custom software solutions in a variety of industries. He has worked with SQL Server Reporting Services since the first beta release. Amit Goyal, lead program manager for Microsoft’s Reporting Services team, has extensive insider’s knowledge of SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services. ON THE WEB: Download all examples and source code presented in this book from informit.com/sams Category: Microsoft Databases Covers: Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services User Level: Intermediate—Advanced

Business Activity Monitoring, or BAM, provides real-time business intelligence by capturing data as it flows through a business system. By using BAM, you can monitor a business process in real time and generate alerts when the process needs human intervention. Pro Business Activity Monitoring in BizTalk 2009 focuses on Microsoft's BAM tools, which provide a flexible infrastructure that captures data from Windows Communication Foundation, Windows Workflow Foundation, .NET applications, and BizTalk Server. This book shows why BAM is an important component of any business intelligence strategy because it bridges the gap between business intelligence and business process management. Part One of the book covers the basics of BAM. It teaches you how to install BAM, and then it leads you through a complete but simple project to capture data from a WCF service Part Two of the book describes the BAM tool set. It shows you how to define the data that is captured by BAM, wire up a BizTalk application for BAM, and view BAM data using the BAM Portal Part Three of the book focuses on monitoring applications written in WCF or WF. It also shows you how to use the BAM API Part Four of the book covers advanced topics in BAM. These topics include integrating BAM with Microsoft's BI stack, creating relationships between BAM activities, managing BAM servers, and monitoring BizTalk applications using BAM This book contains numerous exercises to help you learn BAM. Source code for the samples is available from Apress.com. For many CIOs, business intelligence is at the top of their priority lists. Learn why with Pro Business Activity Monitoring in BizTalk 2009. What you'll learn Show users what your application is doing and how their business Implement a BAM solution without writing any code Monitor applications written in WCF, WF, and BizTalk Server Create an observation model to define the data that BAM will collect from your application Use the BAM API to implement custom BAM solutions Manage a BAM solution Integrate BAM with your BI strategy and Microsoft's BI tools Who this book is for This book is for anyone who wants to know what's happening in their organization, right now! Developers building WCF, WF, or BizTalk applications will learn how to monitor those applications without writing extra code. Architects will learn how to bridge service-oriented architecture, business process management, and BI. Decision makers will learn how to see what's happening inside business processes. BI specialists will learn how BAM provides real-time capabilities that supplement any BI strategy. Business users and analysts will learn how BAM allows them to understand what's happening in the business every minute of every day. About the Apress Pro Series The Apress Pro series books are practical, professional tutorials to keep you on and moving up the professional ladder. You have gotten the job, now you need to hone your skills in these tough competitive times. The Apress Pro series expands your skills and expertise in exactly the areas you need. Master the content of a Pro book, and you will always be able to get the job done in a professional development project. Written by experts in their field, Pro series books from Apress give you the hard-won solutions to problems you will face in your professional programming career.

A unique book-and-video package for Knight's 24-Hour Trainer: Microsoft® SQL Server® 2008 Integration Services If you need a practical, hands-on introduction to Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Integration Services (SSIS), this book and video package from foremost SSIS authority Brian Knight gets you thoroughly up to speed. Each lesson in the book includes three major components: a thorough description of how each SSIS feature or process works; a tutorial that walks you through the process or technique; and a video lesson that demonstrates it. If you take full advantage of this comprehensive package, you will gain enough experience to tackle your first SSIS project with confidence. SQL Server Integration Services 2008 (SSIS) builds on the revolutionary database product suite first introduced by Microsoft in 2005 and is a powerful tool for performing extraction, transformation, and load (ETL) operations essential to data warehousing If you're just learning SSIS, the step-by-step tutorials in this book and video training package will ready you to tackle your own first project Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.

The Practical, Complete Guide to Leveraging the Power of Social Networks with Lotus Connections 2.0 IBM ® Lotus ® Connections 2.0 gives businesses all the tools they need to make the most of social networking—easily, securely, and cost-effectively. Now, a team of IBM Lotus Connections experts thoroughly introduce this breakthrough product and covers every facet of planning, deploying, and using it successfully. IBM Lotus Connections 2.0 covers both business and technical issues and presents proven best practices for every step of the implementation process. The authors first help you identify your best opportunities to use social networking for competitive advantage and demonstrate how Lotus Connections 2.0 places state-of-the-art social networking tools at your fingertips. Next, they carefully describe each component of the product, including profiles, activities, blogs, communities, “dog-ear” bookmarking, personal home pages, and more. They present practical coverage of administering Lotus Connections as well as detailed guidance on extending and integrating it. Whether you’re an executive, IT manager, or technical professional, this eBook has all the information you need to put social networking to work—and deliver powerful, quantifiable results. Coverage includes Assessing the potential value of social networking to your business Building dynamic networks of coworkers, partners, and customers that promote innovation and business agility Understanding the core services Lotus Connections 2.0 provides and the unique way in which they integrate Leveraging Lotus Connections’ consistent multitiered architecture Successfully planning for technical infrastructure and organizational change Walking through a best-practice installation and configuration process Building effective communities for employees with shared interests Using blogs to improve communications and overcome organizational silos or time zone differences Helping individuals and groups organize their work through Activities Performing administrative tasks such as customizing look-and-feel, collecting statistics, and troubleshooting Using plug-ins to integrate with Lotus Notes ®, Microsoft ® Office ®, Outlook ®, Windows ® Explorer, Lotus Sametime ®, and WebSphere ® Portal Displaying useful, up-to-the-minute information with prebuilt widgets Utilizing Lotus Connections’ REST-based API to create new integration points and build custom applications

Essential Database Skills--Made Easy! Learn standard database design and management techniques applicable to any type of database. Featuring clear examples using both Microsoft Access and Oracle, Databases: A Beginner's Guide begins by showing you how to use Structured Query Language (SQL) to create and access database objects. Then, you'll discover how to implement logical design using normalization, transform the logical design into a physical database, and handle data and process modeling. You'll also get details on database security, online analytical processing (OLAP), connecting databases to applications, and integrating XML and object content into databases. Designed for Easy Learning Key Skills & Concepts--Chapter-opening lists of specific skills covered in the chapter Ask the Expert--Q&A sections filled with bonus information and helpful tips Try This--Hands-on exercises that show you how to apply your skills Notes--Extra information related to the topic being covered Self Tests--Chapter-ending quizzes to test your knowledge

The Fifth Edition of Sams Teach Yourself SQL in 21 Days More than 48,000 sold! In just one hour a day, you’ll have all the skills you need to begin creating effective SQL queries, reports, and database applications. With this complete tutorial, you’ll quickly master the basics and then move on to more advanced features and concepts: Quickly apply essential SQL techniques in useful, real-world queries Design trustworthy, high-performance databases Manipulate your data with views and transactions Leverage powerful features including stored procedures, triggers, and cursors Work with new objects introduced with the latest SQL standards Get practical, expert tips on implementing SQL in your business environment Learn on your own time, at your own pace No previous SQL or database experience required Learn techniques that work with any current version of SQL Discover how to write faster, more efficient queries Secure your data using best practices from experienced database administrators Build more powerful databases with features exclusive to Oracle SQL*Plus, Oracle PL/SQL, and Microsoft Transact-SQL Write queries for the free, open source MySQL database Embed your SQL code in other applications Ryan Stephens and Ron Plew are President and VP of Perpetual Technologies, Inc. (PTI) in Indianapolis, IN, providing managed services and consulting for top database implementations running Oracle, SQL Server, and other leading technologies. They taught for 5+ years as adjunct professors at Indiana University-Purdue University. Their books include Sams Teach Yourself SQL in 24 Hours, First through Fourth Editions, Sams Teach Yourself SQL in 21 Days, Second through Fourth Editions, and Database Design. Table of Contents Introduction 1 PART I: Introducing SQL LESSON 1: Getting Started with SQL 5 A Brief History of SQL 5 A Brief History of Databases 6 Today’s Database Landscape 11 A Cross-Product Language 12 Early Implementations 12 SQL and Client/Server Application Development 13 An Overview of SQL 13 Popular SQL Implementations 14 MySQL 14 Oracle 14 Microsoft SQL Server and Sybase 15 IBM DB2 16 Open Database Connectivity 16 Embedding SQL in Application Programming 17 LESSON 2: Introducing the Query 21 Exploring SQL’s Background 21 Learning Basic Query Syntax 22 The Building Blocks of Data Retrieval: SELECT and FROM 23 Applying Query Concepts 25 Writing Your First Query 26 Terminating a SQL Statement 28 Selecting Individual Columns 28 Changing the Order of the Columns 29 Selecting Different Tables 31 Selecting Distinct Values 31 Exercises 37 LESSON 3: Expressions, Conditions, and Operators 39 Working with Query Expressions 40 Placing Conditions on Queries 40 Learning How to Use Operators 42 Arithmetic Operators 42 Comparison Operators 55 Character Operators 63 Logical Operators 70 Set Operators 75 Miscellaneous Operators: IN and BETWEEN 78 LESSON 4: Clauses in SQL Queries 85 Specifying Criteria with the WHERE Clause 87 Order from Chaos: The ORDER BY Clause 89 The GROUP BY Clause 98 The HAVING Clause 105 Combining Clauses 112 Example 4.1 112 Example 4.2 113 Example 4.3 113 Example 4.4 115 LESSON 5: Joining Tables 121 Joining Multiple Tables in a Single SELECT Statement 121 Cross Joining Tables &

SQL Server 2008 is the latest update to Microsoft's flagship database management system. This is the largest update since SQL Server 2005, and it brings increased ability to deliver data across more platforms, and thus many different types of devices. New functionality also allows for easy storage and retrieval of digitized images and video. These attributes address the recent explosion in the popularity of web-based video and server and desktop virtualization. The Real MCTS SQL Server 2008 Exam 70-433 Prep Kit prepares readers for the Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist exam: SQL Server 2008, Database Development. This is a new exam in the SQL Server product family, and is comprised of some objectives from exam 70-431 from SQL Server 2005, and covers new, expanded query capabilities in SQL Server 2008. According to Microsoft: Exam 70-431 for SQL Server 2005 was passed by over 35,000 people. ~ 150,000 people passed a similar exam for SQL Server 2000. Additionally, this exam is a pre-requisite for those going on to obtain the MCITP: Database Developer 2008: Successful candidates for the SQL Server 2005 MCITP ~ 2,500. This is The 'Real' Microsoft Exam Prep Kit, and provides the reader with independent and unbiased exam tips and warnings everything they need to know to ensure certification success. Authored by Mark Horninger, a nationally recognized leader in SQL Server with over 50 Microsoft certifications to his credit; Mark knows what it takes to successfully navigate Microsoft exams.

SQL Server 2008 introduces many new features that will change database administration procedures; many DBAs will be forced to migrate to SQL Server 2008. This book teaches you how to develop the skills required to successfully administer a SQL Server 2008 database; no prior experience is required. The material covers system installation and configuration/architecting, implementing and monitoring security controls, configuring and managing network communications, automating administration tasks, disaster prevention and recovery, performance monitoring, optimizing and ensuring high availability, as well as major SQL Server 2008 components including Integration Services, Reporting Services, Analysis Services, and Service Broker.

Master the increasingly complex feature set of the latest release of Microsoft SQL Server with the information in Professional Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Programming. Review the new features of SQL Server that will be of interest to you as an experienced developer and move on to more detailed, practical code examples. Learn how to write complex queries, build different types of data structures, improve application speed and performance, manage advanced scripting and errors, and design advanced databases the latest edition of this valuable programming guide.

Teach yourself to use SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services for business intelligence one step at a time. You'll start by building your understanding of the business intelligence platform enabled by SQL Server and the Microsoft Office System, highlighting the role of Analysis Services. Then, you'll create a simple multidimensional OLAP cube and progressively add features to help improve, secure, deploy, and maintain an Analysis Services database. You'll explore core Analysis Services 2008 features and capabilities, including dimension, cube, and aggregation design wizards; a new attribute relationship designer; designer AMO warnings; and using dynamic management views to monitor resources. And as you complete each lesson, you can hone your skills using the practice exercises from the companion CD. Plus, you can review and download code samples illustrating the author's own, professional techniques direct from the companion Web site.