Major features
Limits
Editions
Installing SQL Server |
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Normalization
Tools for Normalization in SQL Server |
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Introducing SQL Server Management Studio
Databases
Tables
Indexes
Relations
Using T-SQL to build and alter objects |
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What is SQL?
Identifiers
Data types
Operators
Wild cards
Variables
Functions
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The SELECT clause
The FROM clause
The WHERE clause
Using Joins
ORDER BY
GROUP BY and HAVING
TOP N and TOP N%
OVER
Full-text search
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DELETE
TRUNCATE TABLE
UPDATE
INSERT
SELECT INTO
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What is Locking?
Monitoring and tuning Locking
Deadlocks
Application Locks
Tuning Queries with Show Plan |
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Partitioning and Joining Tables with Views
Updateable views
Indexed Views
Information Schema Views
Catalog Views
Stored Procedures
Functions
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Transactions
Distributed Transactions
Rowset Functions
Ranking Functions
Cursors
Structured Error Handling
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Using FOR XML
Using XQuery |
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INSERT triggers
DELETE triggers
UPDATE triggers
INSTEAD OF triggers |
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Understanding .NET and the CLR
Using CLR objects in SQL Server
Using the Sql namespace |
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The Reporting Services Architecture
Building Reports
Managing Reporting Services |
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Security modes and authentication
Fixed server roles
Database user accounts
Permissions
Database roles
Ownership chains |
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