Overview
Main description
All-in-One is All You Need
Get complete coverage of all three Microsoft Certified IT Professional database developer exams for SQL Server 2005 in this comprehensive volume. Written by a SQL Server expert and MCITP, this definitive exam guide features learning objectives at the beginning of each chapter, exam tips, practice questions, and in-depth explanations. Detailed and authoritative, the book serves as both a complete certification study guide and an essential on-the-job reference.
Get full details on all exam topics including how to:
- Install and configure SQL Server 2005
- Manage database design
- Use Transact-SQL and XML
- Work with functions, triggers, and CLR integration
- Optimize, monitor, and secure databases
- Create stored procedures
- Handle disaster recovery
- Work with Service Broker, Web Services, and MARS
- Use SQL Server Reporting Services and Notification Services
- Manage locks, deadlocks, and cursors
- Transfer data using Replication and SQL Server Integration Services
Electronic content features:
- Six full practice exams-two for each exam: 70-431, 70-441, & 70-442
- Scripts from the step-by-step exercises in the book
- Video training clips from the author
Table of contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1. Installing and Configuring SQL Server 2005
Chapter 2. SQL Server 2005 Database Basics
Chapter 3. Database Design
Chapter 4. Transact-SQL
Chapter 5. XML
Chapter 6. Advanced Database Objects
Chapter 7. Optimizing Databases
Chapter 8. Security
Chapter 9. Stored Procedures
Chapter 10. Disaster Recovery
Chapter 11. Data Access
Chapter 12. Support Services
Chapter 13. Maintenance Tools
Chapter 14. Locks and Cursors
Chapter 15. Transferring Data
Appendix A: About the CD
Appendix B: Exam 70-431: What You Need to Know to Pass
Appendix C: Inside the Design Exam
Appendix D: Exam 70-441: What You Need to Know to Pass
Appendix E: Exam 70-442: What You Need to Know to Pass
Appendix F: SQL Database Design Object Summary
Glossary
Index
Author comments
Darril Gibson, MCT, MCDBA, MCSD, MCITP, is a professional trainer specializing in Microsoft technologies. He is the author of MCITP SQL Server 2005 Database Administration All-in-One Exam Guide.
