... Welcome to SQLServer2008 7Chapter 1: Introducing SQLServer2008 9Chapter 2: Building Your SQLServer 19Chapter 3: Working with SQLServer Tools 35Part II: Building SQLServer2008 Databases ... Chapple Microsoft đ SQL Server đ 2008 FOR DUMmIES 01_224656-ffirs.indd iii01_224656-ffirs.indd iii 8/21/08 5:25:01 PM8/21/08 5:25:01 PM by Mike Chapple Microsoft đ SQL Server đ 2008 FOR DUMmIES 01_224656-ffirs.indd ... Introducing SQLServer 2008 Figure 1-2: SQL Server Manage-ment Studio. Reporting Services SQL Server Reporting Services underwent a significant overhaul before the release of SQLServer2008. ...
... determine whether your SQL Server 2000 and SQLServer 2005 databases are ready for an upgrade to SQL Server2008. Here’s how to install Upgrade Advisor: 1. Insert the SQLServer2008 DVD into the ... PM8/21/08 5:27:34 PM 26Part I: Welcome to SQLServer2008 Preparing for an upgrade with Upgrade Advisor SQL Server Upgrade Advisor is included on the SQLServer2008 installation DVD. It provides ... choose All Programs MicrosoftSQLServer2008SQLServer Management Studio. 2. If you are connecting to a SQLServer instance other than the default instance, select it from the Server Name drop-down...
... software. SQLServer2008 Analysis Services isincluded with the Standard, Enterprise, and Developer editions of Microsoft SQLServer2008. Time-based evaluation versions are available for download athttp://www .microsoft. com /sql. ... Simmons for building such a great product. In addition, we would like to thank the SQL BI management of Kamal Hathi and Tom Casey for supporting data miningin SQL Server. SQL Server2008 Data ... download athttp://www .microsoft. com /sql. To follow along with Chapters 2 and 5,you will also need Microsoft Office 2007 and SQLServer2008 Data MiningAdd-Ins for Office 2007. Evaluation versions of Microsoft...
... resources and tools that you can usewith SQLServer 2005.4 Microsoft SQLServer 2005 ForDummies 03_577557 intro.qxp 12/20/05 9:42 PM Page 4 New datatypes SQL Server 2005 supports several new datatypes:ߜ ... Transact -SQL Enhancements SQL Server 2005 has added several new features to Transact -SQL. Transact -SQL is the version of the Structured Query Language (SQL) used by SQL Server 2005. Transact -SQL is ... informa-tion from SQLServer 2005 databases.You also find out how to create a simple Visual Studio 2005 application toretrieve information from SQLServer 2005.Part III: Working with SQL Server This...
... Davidson (aka Dr. SQL) and I co-present asession at conferences on database design. I recommend his bookPro SQLServer 2008 Relational Database Design and Implementation(Apress, 2008) .SummaryRelational ... heavily updated.Normal FormsTaking a detailed look at the normal forms moves this chapter into a more formal study of relationaldatabase design.Contrary to popular opinion, the forms are not a progressive ... then understanding the advanced formswill prove useful.The Boyce-Codd normal form (BCNF)The Boyce-Codd normal form occurs between the third and fourth normal forms, and it handles a prob-lem...
... manage SQLServer2008 and SQLServer 2005servers. It’s SMO-based, so some features may work with SQLServer 2000, butit’s not guaranteed to be compatible.A common misconception among new SQLServer ... note for developers, Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) is compatible with SQL2008 butwill not be enhanced to support the new 2008SQLServer features.Chapter 39, ‘‘Configuring SQL Server, ’’ ... installationprocess.The Server Configuration Manager tool installed with SQLServer can nearlyalways communicate with SQLServer so you can configure the server connectivityoptions and open the server up for network...
... the SQLSERVER: drive and then SQLServer can be navigated like the filesystem.There are four main directories under SQLSERVER: — SQL, SQLPolicy, SQLRegistration, and DataCol-lection:■ The SQL ... cmdlet — for example, tonavigate through the SQLServer objects. The URN for theHumanResources.Employee table inAdventureWorks2008 on SQLTBWS\INST01 is as follows: Server[ @Name=’SQLTBWS\INST01’]\Database[@Name=’AdventureWorks2008’]\Table[@Name=’Employee’ ... SQLServer2008. You can browse the SQLSERVER file system just like a disk file system. Issuing the commandcd SQL (or Set-Location SQL) and running the Get-ChildItem cmdlet returns the local server...
... introduced in SQLServer 2005, and I had hoped it would be expanded for2008. Windowing and ranking hold so much potential, and there’s much more functionality in the ANSI SQL specification, but unfortunately, ... for SQL. As a rule, SQL excels at working with sets,but calculating a cumulative total for a set of data is based on comparing individual rows, so an iterativerow-based cursor solution performs ... regionsin the@SQLStr. A little string manipulation to assemble the pivot statement and an sp_executesqlcommand completes the job:DECLARE @SQLStr NVARCHAR(1024)SELECT @SQLStr = COALESCE(@SQLStr +...
... to filter by the row number values for pagination. For example, a query that easily produces rows 21–40 would be useful for returning thesecond page of data for a web page. Just be aware that ... ranked value. For example, ifFrank and Jim both tied for third place, then they would both receive arank() value of 3.Using sales data fromAdventureWorks2008, there are ties for least sold ... 50, ‘‘Authorizing Securables’’).I’ve seen databases that only use views for column-level security without any SQLServer enforced security.This is woefully inadequate and will surely be penalized...
... 72Performance SQL Server2008 s full-text search engine performance is several orders of magnitude faster thanprevious versions of SQL Server. However, you still might want to tune your system for ... develop server- side solutions; and SQLServer has a largevariety of technologies to choose from to develop server- side code — fromthe mature T -SQL language to .NET assemblies hosted within SQL Server. This ... table perform exact word searches, theFREETEXT predicate expands on the CONTAINS functionality to include fuzzy, or approximate, full-textsearches from free- form text.Instead of searching for two...
... subsystem. SQLServer attempts to balance the I/O load by splitting the insertsamong the multiple files according to the free space available in each file. As SQLServer balances theload, rows for a ... files using SQLServer Management Studio(NAME = NewDB,FILENAME = ‘e:\SQLData\NewDB.mdf’),(NAME = NewDB2,FILENAME = ‘f:\SQLData\NewDB2.ndf’)LOG ON(NAME = NewDBLog,FILENAME = ‘g:\SQLLog\NewDBLog.ldf’),(NAME ... name +ID. For example, the primary key for theCustomer table is CustomerID.■ Give foreign keys the same name as their primary key unless the foreign key enforcesa reflexive/recursive relationship,...
... with SQLServer SQL Server log SQL Server also maintains a series of log files. Each time SQLServer starts, it creates a new log file.Six archived copies of the last log files are retained, for ... application, use the RAISERRORcommand. Two forms for RAISERROR exist: a legacy simple form and the recommended complete form.The simple raiserror formThe simple form, which dates from the Sybase days, ... Developing with SQL Server What’s New with Error Handling?Unfortunately, there is nothing new in 2008 when it comes to error handling. However, when performingcode reviews for third-party...
... synchronization capabilities between a server database and SQL Server Compact 3.5 databases on devices■ SQLServer change tracking: Available in SQLServer 2008, this provides a way to trackchanges, ... Used to synchronize a SQLServer Compact 3.5 database withother editions of SQL Server ■ Merge replication: Used to synchronize different editions of SQL Server, including SQL Server Compact 3.5While ... transfer information from one data store to another data store ona periodic b asis, such as from a client database (e.g., a SQLServer Compact 3.5 database) to a server database (Microsoft SQL Server) ....
... introduced with much fanfare in SQLServer 2005. ForSQLServer 2008, there area few slight enhancements: Conversations may now have an assigned priority; there are new DMVs for monitoring Service Broker; ... back information that wasnot needed.To fix that, the orders can be explicitly loaded for that specific customer by adding the following high-lighted line of code to the firstforeach loop:foreach ... conversation.IF @message_type_name=’http://schemas .microsoft. com /SQL/ ServiceBroker/EndDialog’OR @message_type_name=’http://schemas .microsoft. com /SQL/ ServiceBroker/Error’BEGINEND CONVERSATION...
... between SQLServer and a CPU, you make that CPU available to SQL Server, but it is not dedicated to SQL Server. Therefore, while a CPU can’t be forced to run SQL Server, it can be segmented from SQL ... 1, 2, and 3 for processing SQL Server threads, CPUs 4 and 5 for disk I/O processing, and CPUs 6 and 7 for other non -SQL Server activities. This means the last four bits will be one for theaffinity ... unavailable in Microsoft SQLServer2008. These options have no effect. Do not use them in new development work,as they may be removed in future SQLServer versions.Dynamic memoryIf SQLServer is...