microsoft sql server 2005 for dummies (2006)

[...]... relevant to several later chapters 5 6 Microsoft SQL Server 2005 For Dummies Part I SQL Server 2005: An Overview I In this part introduce you to the characteristics of SQL Server 2005 and tell you about many of the features that are new in SQL Server 2005 I also introduce you to the SQL Server Management Studio, the main administrative tool for SQL Server 2005 SQL Server Management Studio replaces Enterprise... from SQL Server 2000 It allows you to manage SQL Server 2005 servers whether they are Database Engine, Analysis Services, Integration Services, or Reporting Services server instances Chapter 1 Introducing SQL Server 2005 In This Chapter ᮣ Figuring out which SQL Server Edition is best for you ᮣ Discovering what SQL Server 2005 is all about I n this chapter, I introduce you to SQL Server 2005 SQL Server. .. not covered in this book, but another book — Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express For Dummies, by Robert Schneider (Wiley) — is dedicated to it At the time of writing a full feature comparison of the editions of SQL Server 2005 is at www .microsoft. com /sql/ prodinfo/features/ compare-features.mspx 2 Microsoft SQL Server 2005 For Dummies About This Book SQL Server 2005 is huge No book of this size can hope... features and tools to work in later chapters Getting to Know SQL Server 2005 You can use SQL Server 2005 to store information for personal use, for departmental use, for mid-size company use, or for enterprise use SQL Server 2005 has editions (Microsoft provides a full comparison of the editions online at www .microsoft. com /sql/ 2005/ productinfo /sql2 005features.mspx) to meet the needs in each of those scenarios:... information from SQL Server 2005 databases You also find out how to create a simple Visual Studio 2005 application to retrieve information from SQL Server 2005 Part III: Working with SQL Server This part covers XML in SQL Server 2005 and the new CLR (Common Language Runtime) functionality I also show you how to create stored procedures and handle errors in your code 3 4 Microsoft SQL Server 2005 For. .. 11 12 Part I: SQL Server 2005: An Overview SQL Server 2005 builds on the authentication and authorization features present in SQL Sever 2000 If you want to allow users to use SQL Server 2005 in particular ways, you — as the administrator for SQL Server — can allow them access Table 1-1 summarizes some key security features in SQL Server 2005 Table 1-1 Key Security Features of SQL Server 2005 Feature... Language (SQL) In fact SQL is the main language that SQL Server uses Like many other databases, SQL Server satisfies some standard SQL syntax and adds its own extensions to SQL, allowing you to easily write code The Microsoft flavor of SQL is called Transact -SQL (T -SQL) T -SQL allows you to add, modify, or query relational or XML data held in SQL Server 2005 In Chapter 5, I introduce you to using T -SQL to... with SQL Server 2005 383 Visual Studio 2005 383 Microsoft Office InfoPath 2003 384 Red-Gate Tools 384 Quest Software .384 PromptSQL 385 Index .387 Introduction W elcome to the world of SQL Server 2005 I am excited by the many new capabilities of SQL Server 2005 and I hope that you are too SQL Server 2005 is the new edition of Microsoft s... out more about Express Edition, see Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express For Dummies, by Robert D Schneider (Wiley) A Client -Server Database SQL Server 2005 is a client -server database Typically, the SQL Server 2005 database engine is installed on a server machine to which you connect anything from a few machines to many hundreds or thousands of client machines A client -server architecture can handle large... remote SQL server instance 227 Configuring Using SQL Server Management Studio .228 SQL Server instance level configuration 228 Configuring at the database level 229 Chapter 16: Scheduling SQL Server Agent Jobs 231 Introducing SQL Server Agent 232 Managing Agent from SQL Server Management Studio .232 Starting and stopping SQL Server Agent .234 Setting SQL . h0" alt="" Microsoft ® SQL Server ™ 2005 FOR DUMmIES ‰ 01_577557 ffirs.qxp 12/20/05 9:41 PM Page i 01_577557 ffirs.qxp 12/20/05 9:41 PM Page ii Microsoft ® SQL Server ™ 2005 FOR DUMmIES ‰ by. Here 5 Part I: SQL Server 2005: An Overview 7 Chapter 1: Introducing SQL Server 2005 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 Getting to Know SQL Server 2005 9 A Client -Server Database. SQL Server 2005: An Overview 3 Part II: Basic Operations 3 Part III: Working with SQL Server 3 Part IV: Protecting Your Data 4 Part V: Administering a SQL Server System 4 Part VI: Using SQL Server