Inside Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 (Mps)

A must-read for developers and IT professionals who need to understand Microsoft SQL Server from the inside out. Written by a Microsoft SQL Server guru, this comprehensive guide provides updated, authoritative advice for installing, administering, and programming with version 7.0. The CD contains product evaluation documentation, sample code and scripts, white papers, and a benchmarking kit. Database professionals will find that this new edition aids in mastering the latest version of Microsofts SQL Server. Developers and database administrators (DBAs) use SQL on a daily basis in application development and the subsequent problem solving and fine tuning. Answers to SQL issues can be quickly located helping the DBA or developer optimize and tune a database to maximum efficiency. Basic questions are easily located on the topics of filtering, sorting, operators, conditionals, pseudo columns, single row functions, joins, grouping functions, sub queries, composite queries, hierarchies, flashback queries, parallel queries, expressions and regular expressions. Assistance on DML, data types (including collections), XML, DDL for basic database objects such as tales, views and indexes, partitioning, and security is also considered. * Identifies the most common issues DBAs face day to day for easy reference *Provides DBAs with solutions actually used by the authors in enterprise environments to resolve common and specialized problems to optimization issues. * Addresses issues that have been introduced by new features which can add more control but reduce performance Database professionals will find that this new edition aids in mastering the latest version of Microsoft’s SQL Server. Developers and database administrators (DBAs) use SQL on a daily basis in application development and the subsequent problem solving and fine tuning. Answers to SQL issues can be quickly located helping the DBA or developer optimize and tune a database to maximum efficiency.

Basic questions are easily located on the topics of filtering, sorting, operators, conditionals, pseudo columns, single row functions, joins, grouping functions, sub queries, composite queries, hierarchies, flashback queries, parallel queries, expressions and regular expressions. Assistance on DML, data types (including collections), XML, DDL for basic database objects such as tales, views and indexes, partitioning, and security is also considered.

* Identifies and discusses the most common issues database administrators (DBAs) face day-to-day
*Provides DBAs with solutions actually used by the authors in enterprise environments
*Explores new features which add more control but reduce performance
A must-read for developers and IT professionals who need tounderstand Microsoft SQL Server from the inside out. Written bya Microsoft SQL Server guru, this comprehensive guide providesupdated, authoritative advice for installing, administering, andprogramming with version 7.0. The CD contains productevaluation documentation, sample code and scripts, white papers,and a benchmarking kit.

Intended for administrators, support personnel and advanced users, this is the definitive guide and reference for SQL Server 7.0. You should definitely be familiar with Microsoft's BackOffice environment, RDBMS concepts and SQL queries, even though Authors Ron Soukup and Kalen Delaney clearly address these issues.

"This book covers logical design, physical design, storage structures specific to SQL Server, indexing, the query optimizer and making queries run faster, SQL Server 2005 as applicable to the Windows 2003 platform, transactions and locking, and using specialized architectures (replicating, mirroring, partitioning). There are a whole slew of new graphical toys and tools for mintoring performance and solving performance problems."--Jacket A Microsoft SQL Server guru provides a comprehensive guide with updated, authoritative advice for installing, administering, and programming with version 7.0. The CD-ROM contains product evaluation documentation, sample code, and scripts, white papers, and a benchmarking kit. In 1985, Microsoft and IBM announced "a long-term joint development agreement for development of operating systems and other systems software products."