Includes index.

"Programmer to programmer"--Cover.

RDBMS basics: what makes up a SQL server database? -- Tools of the trade -- The foundation statements of T-SQL -- JOINs -- Creating and altering tables -- Constraints -- Adding more to our queries -- Being normal: normalization and other basic design issues -- SQL server storage and index structures -- Views -- Writing scripts and batches -- Stored procedures -- User defined functions -- Transactions and locks -- Triggers -- A brief XML primer -- Reporting for duty, sir!: a look at reporting services -- Getting integrated with integration services -- Playing administrator -- Appendix A: Exercise solutions -- Appendix B: System functions -- Appendix C: Finding the right tool -- Appendix D: Very simple connectivity examples -- Appendix E: Installing and using the samples.

All Ages.