Microsoft SQL Server 2005 for Dummies (For Dummies)

Check out enhanced security, Integration Services, Reporting Services, and more What's new in SQL Server 2005? Plenty, and this guide will help make it all clear! You'll get the rundown on how to create databases, create queries using the traditional Transact-SQL language, work with the Common Language Runtime, use the new user interface to manage SQL Server 2005, generate business intelligence applications, and more — in plain English. Discover how to: \* Formulate and run queries \* Create databases, tables, and relationships \* Create stored procedures and triggers \* Secure your data and protect it from loss \* Create business intelligence applications \* Maintain a SQL Server system

• Now updated to reflect the much-anticipated "Yukon" release of SQL Server, this friendly guide shows database developers and administrators as well as those who use database application how to get up to speed fast
• Offers a gentle introduction to relational database design and shows how to build databases, create database applications, and maintain and optimize database performance
• Covers the major new features of the "Yukon" release-including analysis services, reporting services, and notification services

This is a clear guide to Microsoft's SQL Server 2005. It offers a gentle introduction to relational database design and shows users how to build databases, create applications and optimise performance. It also covers the major new features of the 'Yukon' release Looks at the features and functions of SQL Server 2005, covering such topics as creating databases, working with XML, protecting data, and administering a SQL Server system.