Beginning SQL Server 2005 Programming (Programmer to Programmer)

After a quick primer on database design basics and the SQL query language (for those programmers who may be building their first database application), this book provides an overview of SQL Server itself, which has been dramatically redesigned with the 2005 release Once readers have grasped the fundamentals of database design and SQL concepts, they will then learn how to implement those concepts with Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Addresses creating and changing tables, managing keys, database normalization, writing scripts, working with stored procedures, programming with XML, and using SQL Server reporting and data transformation services The companion Web site provides all of the code found in the book An introductory manual on Microsoft's new SQL Server 2005 describes the new features of the enterprise database software and explains how to design and build Microsoft database applications, covering database design basics, the SQL query language, database normaliztion, programming with XML, SQL Server reporting and data transformation services, writing scripts, creating and changing tables, and more. Original. (Beginner/Intermediate)